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[tt_deeb]

So here I am reading the Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and I'm constantly seeing Apocalypse Now (the movie) all over the place. Did a quick google search and it turns out that the movie was actually based on this story. Anyway, my main question is what are the differences between the movie and the book? In the movie I don't remember anything about the "ivory" and I think it takes in a completely different time frame. (AN was during the war - and this seems to be focused more on a time of imperialism and it's just a company rather then a group on a mission. Or are the groups of people on a mission? To save Kurtz? Was that their goal? I kind of dozed off in the beginning and missed the whole point of the expedition I just thought it was some dream to visit the "blank spaces" and have a little adventure. But has the main concern been Kurtz this whole time?

 

[MetatronM]

Apocalypse Now? Yeah the mission is to find and bring back Kurtz (is that his name in the movie?). The movie basically takes the skeleton of the plot and places it into Vietnam. Some of the details are changed for obvious reasons, but the overall plot and themes are identical.

 

[Boogie]

No, I think he's asking about the plot of the book.

 

[MetatronM]

No, I think he's asking about the plot of the book.

Oh, I guess you're right. Yeah, they're after Kurtz.

 

[tt_deeb]

Yeah, actually I just found some good links to answer my questions. Here they are if anyone's interested:

http://www.cyberessays.com/Arts/22.htm

http://www.cyberpat.com/essays/coppola.html

 

[Warm Machine]

There is a movie based on the book as well.

 

[Meier]

Err welcome to like, 9th grade English class.

 

[Idle Will Kill]

Err welcome to like, 9th grade English class.

It was 12th grade for me.

9th grade was "All Quiet on the Western Front." And some others.

 

[tt_deeb]

Err welcome to like, 9th grade English class.

Has it ever occurred to you that maybe I'm in 9th grade?

Well I'm not, this an 11 AP outside reading project.

 

[CajoleJuice]

12th grade for me, too.

 

[Lazy]

I had to read this for AP English during the summer before my final year of high school, but I ended up dropping the course before we started discussing the book.

My teacher had given us a study guide to use while reading the book and one of the main questions was "What had Kurtz become for [the main character (I forget his name)]"?

Anyone care to answer this question?

 

[MassiveAttack]

I had to read this for AP English during the summer before my final year of high school, but I ended up dropping the course before we started discussing the book.

My teacher had given us a study guide to use while reading the book and one of the main questions was "What had Kurtz become for [the main character (I forget his name)]"?

Anyone care to answer this question?

Yes. As Conrad says, Kurtz becomes "the horror" - Marlowe's fascination with the abonimation - Man stripped of the trappings of civilization and laid bare for what he really is. Very similar themes in King Lear.

 

[Flynn]

Orson Wells wanted to make a movie out of Heart of Darkness.

Here's his Mercury Theater radio adaptation:
http://sounds.unknown.nu/mercury/381106.mp3