“Heart of Darkness” vs. “Apocalypse Now” The novel “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad written in 1902 and the movie “Apocalypse Now” by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979 are similar in many ways. Many of the settings and the plot of the movie are taken directly from the novel. Although there are many differences in general if you read the book and watch the movie you can tell they are much alike. Both the author of the …showed first 75 words of 903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 903 total…movie you can definitely tell that Francis Ford Coppola used to novel to direct his movie. Although the scenes weren’t set the same, the characters were changed, and the setting was different both of the stories are very comparable to one another. I enjoyed the movie much more than the book just because the movie was so much easier understood than the novel. I found that the novel was very confusing in certain spots.