Given that the films of Francis Ford Coppola has 37 films (as director and producer), which have given him six Oscar and two Golden Palms in Cannes, should summarize. To put it short: for having signed the saga of The Godfather and Apokalypse Now , this Italian-American born in Michigan 76 years ago, it should be among the largest in the history of cinema. And it is a key reference for understanding the modern cinema of the 70s over here.
“Il padrino sono io” , ever told an Italian journalist who interviewed. The appointment does not need translation, said that the real godfather was not Michael Corleone … Some of it is, and if they say a grupete young filmmakers who, in the late 60s, dreaming of great things . They were George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Brian de Palma . All Francis saw a kind of godfather, from the creation of his own studio, Zoetrope , could realize original projects.
In 1962, Roger Corman, the Class B movie hero discovers his talent and a year later Francis was already debuting with his first feature, Dementia 13 , which is also a screenwriter.
He came from a family of Italian-American artistic tradition. His father, Carmine, was a bandleader and a leading flutist, who was able to share the glory of his son to sign the unforgettable music from The Godfather. Father Sofia (with own talent since his debut directing Virgin Suicides ) and Roman (got used in the filming of “prodigy” Wes Anderson), brother of Thalia Shire (Connie suffered The Godfather I ) and uncle of Nicolas Cage , the Coppola is one of the greatest dynasties in Hollywood lineage.
Also his talent as a screenwriter (he won his first Oscar for writing Patton in 1970), Coppola always interested in creative independence, to have the longed Final Cut (the final cut) of their films; ie: look the director on Hollywood executives For this, in 1969 he founded the Zoetrope Studios (with whom face several financial failures).. From there apadrinaría a young George Lucas, naming Vice President; before he changed the business forever grossing film Wars , trusted Coppola and Lucas produced his first two films: THX-1138 and American Graffiti.
But undoubtedly, the before and after Coppola’s career came with E l Godfather . Convinced that a real filmmaker only becomes “an author” write their own scripts, he did not seem very excited when Paramount offered to lead a best seller about the Mafia written by Mario Puzzo. However, after rewriting the screenplay with novelist, Coppola saw in the story of gangsters an excellent opportunity to talk about two issues that obsessed him: the family and power.
Now we know how it went … But the same Coppola confessed that in the first days of filming afraid of being fired. The study had opposed entry to two key names in the histroria. Marlon Brando as Don Corleone and Al Pacino as Michael The film won three Oscars, became an instant classic, Coppola was exalted as the new king of Hollywood. As if that were not enough pride first, two years later, in 1974, The Godfather II that broke axiom that “second parts were never good” and became the perfect complement to the first (here, and without Brando, the script exploited youth Don, by a superb Robert de Niro). And if need more samples of genius and production capacity, introduced the same year another high peak of his work, conversation , perhaps the best work of Gene Hackman.
Returning to start, can not speak without Coppola mention Apocalypse Now . And that would be a big mistake as the Godfather qualify as a “mob” would be unforgivable reduced to Apocalypse … to “a war.” Here Coppola uses Vietnam as a mirror of America deranged , the culturta of drugs in advance, and above all, the existential search man, represented here by the duel that runs through the film: Willard Martin Sheen against Kurtz Marlon ( “The horror …” ) Brando. And it is no coincidence that the script is based on an adaptation of Heart of Darkness transplanted to Vietnam; is filming the classic Joseph Conrad was an obsession that other hero of the film, Orson Welles, never achieve.
tana Blood and lover of fine art, as well sybaritic another passion is good wine . And not only take; also it produces it. His winery in Napa Valley, California, has been added to the merits and prestige over the years. Besides, I knew you walk Buenos Aires for a few months in 2008 was installed in the country to make Tetro , starring Vincent Gallo and interests of local figures several (Leticia Bredice, Mike Amigorena, Erica Rivas, and Susana Gimenez! ).
The Princess of Asturias prize is always synonymous with those names become a cultural beacon. Coppola is one of those
(And one more thing before the end. Besides the classics mentioned, no one can fail to see The law of the street , a jewel of 1983, with a young Mickey Rourke that’s why he looked more days to New Brando that an addict surgeries).
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