Francis Ford Coppola on the Future of Cinema, Marlon Brando and Regrets
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Published 2015-07-27
All Comments (21)
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"The things you get fired for when you're young are the same things you get lifetime achievements for when you're old'"
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I can listen to Coppola talk all day. I love that his age he's still thinking about film form. He's a national treasure, along with Scorsese, Spielberg, Mann, etc.
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"learning and music are they only things that you really pleasure from that doesn't bite you back" What a genius
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Coppolla's passion for cinema history, story-telling and movie-making in general shines through every time he speaks. A true artist.
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He is so down-to-earth while being openly pleased to be in this business and have his family in this business. What a marvelous man.
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Love the scene when the Don scares his grandson with the orange peel and then quickly takes it out when he realizes he's actually scared him that's the real Brando apparently he had a real soft spot for kids
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FYI: the composer he mentions in 4:45 is Witold Lutosławski
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He is one of those people that you could listen to for hours on end and never get bored — a great engaging storyteller.
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Francis Ford Coppola is in my top 5 favorite directors of all time and Sofia Coppola is my favorite female director of all time, and shout out to Gia Coppola who did a great job on her directorial debut Palo Alto.
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Apocalypse Now is a masterpiece.
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What a beautiful, human and insightful interview by one of the greatest directors of all time.
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He seems like such a lovely guy to talk with, honestly.
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The immediately observable glowing unconditional love this man has for his family warms my heart. Francis Ford Coppola will go down as being just one of the best human beings ever.
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“The writing itself is the future of cinema,” his point was really good on how the novel is a few hundred years old but even now it’s still changing. Film will always be the same way I feel
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the Brando stuff begins at 19:00
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I just finished watching Godfather 1 for the 86th time (and yes, I keep count). What gets me most about this interview is knowing how close that movie came to never being made. Ultimately, it came down to Coppola's willingness to cajole, and beg, and demand, and suffer that that masterpiece ever came to exist at all. So thanks, Francis, for being great, because you could have just decided to throw up your hands and be mediocre.
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Francis Ford Coppola is truly a brilliant man.
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Happy 80th Birthday Francis Ford Coppola <3
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Brando's Secretary persuaded him 2,3,4 times to read the script...and he loved props, so the cotton wool or tissues came out.....excellent!!!
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An overused word...genius...but for Mr. Coppola...very appropre. I met him one day in NYC when he was considering shooting Kerouac's "On the road"...I was so excited that when I shook his hand I think I might have hurt him a bit...'cause after my audition I wanted to shake his hand again...he deftly gave me his other hand...and we both laughed. A nice memory! A true artiste!
