Joseph Conrad's novella "Heart of Darkness" was the inspiration for John Milius's screenplay of Apocalypse Now. Many who are unfamiliar with the source material believe the novella was written about the Vietnam War. Conrad actually wrote the novella in 1899 and was set in what was then the Belgian Congo. Conrad's story is based on his own experiences working for a Belgian trading company on a river steamer sailing up the Congo River from post to post. The film and book share the central antagonist, Kurtz; a shadowy, charismatic and entrepreneurial European found at the last post. Otherwise, the stories reveal scant resemblance to each other except for critical analysis of European/American imperialism, native subjugation, and military adventurism.

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