Typhoons and tantrums – how Francis Ford Coppola survived an Apocalypse

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Francis Ford Coppola on the set of 'Apocalypse Now'. Photo: Getty

Hilary White

There was once a kind of mayhem to filmmaking that has consistently fed us an entertaining side-lore to the actual movies themselves.

William Friedkin discharging shotguns to terrify cast members on the set of The Exorcist. Werner Herzog commanding a riverboat up and over a jungle mountain, the story and production of Fitzcarraldo almost interchangeable.