Don’t watch the movie - watch the documentary about the movie (Hearts of Darkness, Jodorowsky's Dune, Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island Of Dr. Moreau)

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Sometimes the story about the making of the film is even better than the final product. This week we discuss four films, via the incredible documentaries about how they were (or in some cases, weren’t) made.
Films referenced:
Apocalypse Now (1979) dir. by Francis Ford Coppola
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) dir. by Eleanor Coppola, Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) dir. by Frank Pavich
The Island of Dr Moreau (1996) dir. by Richard Stanley, (and then) John Frankenheimer
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island Of Dr. Moreau (2014) dir. by David Gregory
You Don’t Nomi (2019) dir. by Jeffrey McHale
Making the Shining (1980) dir. by Vivian Kubrick
Color Out of Space (2020) dir. by Richard Stanley
Sources and resources:

‘This Documentary About Making ‘Apocalypse Now’ Is Almost Better Than the Film’ by Douglas Laman for collider.com

For the backstory to Francis Ford Coppola’s first short films: ‘The early erotic movies of Francis Ford Coppola’ by Calum Russell for Far Out
Images from the book Jodorowsky created to pitch Dune

‘Where to begin with Alejandro Jodorowsky’ by Matthew Thrift for BFI

‘Is Jodorowsky’s Dune the greatest film never made?’ by Nicholas Barber for BBC Culture

‘Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ Was Never Made, but With A.I., We Get a Glimpse of His ‘Tron’ by Frank Pavich for The New York Times
The Disaster Behind 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' by Jeffrey Speicher for collider.com
We didn’t discuss it, but Terry Gilliam did finally make a version of Don Quixote (his seventh attempt!), starring Adam Driver: ‘Terry Gilliam’s Epically Troubled ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote:’ A Brief History by Brian Welk for The Wrap
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1. [Ad] Gimme Three - A Series For Cinephiles (00:16:30)

2. (Cont.) Don’t watch the movie - watch the documentary about the movie (Hearts of Darkness, Jodorowsky's Dune, Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island Of Dr. Moreau) (00:16:31)

3. [Ad] Having a Laugh (00:40:09)

4. (Cont.) Don’t watch the movie - watch the documentary about the movie (Hearts of Darkness, Jodorowsky's Dune, Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island Of Dr. Moreau) (00:40:10)