Halstead and Eric take a slightly different approach in the latest episode of the Inflection cut. They focus on Orson Welles' originally planned first film, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel Heart of Darkness. However, along the way, they can't avoid the '70s elephant in the room - Apocalypse Now. While it was finally brought to the screen by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979, it was initially planned to be directed by George Lucas in guerrilla fashion while the Vietnam War was still going strong! The team pulls on every thread on the crazy sweater, like:

These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut!

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