Coppola's Monster Film: The Making of Apocalypse Now
- ISBN-10
- 1476664250
- ISBN-13
- 9781476664255
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-07-22
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Author
- Steven Travers
Description
“If you want to know everything about the famed 1979 film, Apocalypse Now, this is the book for you. Seemingly every detail is to be found between these covers”—VVA Veteran “Few films have as fascinating a production history as Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now…recommended…insights into Coppola, Milius, and Lucas rarely found in other biographies”—The Journal of American Culture “Highly recommended”—M.G. Paregian, Publisher
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