"Heart of Darkness" and "Apocalypse Now"

The Heart of Darkness collides with Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola 1979 film Apocalypse Now is based on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Conrad's Heart of Darkness focuses on the ivory trade taking place in Africa, while Apocalypse Now takes place during the Vietnam War. The main character in both the film and story is Kurtz. Kurtz refers to "the horror" in both the film and story, in both Kurtz sees a horror in the people around him, and eventually finds out that the horror is actually in him. In the novel the horror refers to Kurtz's tragedy of transforming into a greed-bound ruth…