He makes 3 amazing movies in a row (GFI&II + AN) then just makes okay/bad movies for the rest of his career. What gives?
Coppola Discussion Thread
Jace Perry
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Jaxson Long
Don't forget The Conversation.
I think he just likes to coast for the money so he can invest in his vineyard.
Owen Campbell
He made Bram Stoker's Dracula with the sexiest scene ever in it.
Asher Flores
>The Conversation
Lets include the conversation, which is basically in the side golden era of his.
After this golden era, he gives up on quality film making
Luke Walker
have you seen much of the 80s stuff? i've noticed One From the Heart, The Outsiders/Rumble Fish, and Tucker, have gotten some love from critics upon reexamination the last decade.
I also hear good things about Tetro and Twixt, but I was unmoved by Youth Without Youth to say the least so I didn't bother with them. Maybe I'm wrong?
Hudson Wilson
Dracula is as good if better than his classics. Your problem is more that you are trapped in the redditors mindset of what constitutes great
Jose Johnson
>Dracula is not a great movie.
Charles Gomez
which casting choice was worse: Sofia Coppola in Godfather III or Keanu Reeves in Dracula?
Kayden Evans
Dracula is a great movie.
Josiah Jones
Reeves gets too much shit lol. He was entertaining and wasn't even that bad for 80% of the movie.
Justin Evans
I imagine we'd all be tired out for the rest of our lives after having that kind of kino streak in the 70's.
Isaiah Rodriguez
to be fair, Sofia was a last minute replacement (iirc for Winona Ryder) and Coppola's stock had already fallen enough due to his 80s bombs he couldn't find anyone else on short notice
Leo Perez
Fuck you faggot
James Peterson
Could've been absolute kino with the right cast but it wasn't meant to be. Still pretty good.
Joseph Ramirez
Ok pleb
Gabriel Carter
You're dumb.
John Jones
I'm only a couple miles away from his vineyard, real nice place. He has a whole bunch of memorabilia set up with stuff like the car from that car movie, the Dracula costume, a big neon martini and shit like that. Pretty good wine.
Angel Myers
i'd wager that whoever was editing coppola's films in the '70s was key to his mainstream success. apocalypse now redux and the godfather 1+2 TV cut is proof of this
has anyone seen his pre-'70s work?
Logan Cox
Cocaine
Michael Smith
He started out with softcore porn and Roger Corman movies.
I think Coppola lucked out. Sure he wrote Patton before The Godfather but most of his films before that were just mediocre duds no one remembers. And the only reason he got the Godfather gig was because the studio wanted an Italian American director, their first choices like Sergio Leone backed out and Coppola was cheap and in debt.
Asher Bennett
Cooper Nelson
I'm pretty sure he could have found a young halfway talented actress to star in the fucking Godfather sequel of all things
Benjamin Roberts
Talia Shire in GF1
He had the single silliest accent I have ever heard in a movie
Zachary Watson
Guys, I lost one of my actresses and I can't find another one no matter where I look! Welp, guess I'll just hire my family.
Noah Cook
Oliver Campbell
He just lost it. Happens to a lot of artists. Look at McCartney or Dylan. No rhyme or reason to it.
Tyler Barnes
>Welp, guess I'll just hire my family
well yeah, that's what you do if you're a Coppola.
Ayden Brown
>Youth Without Youth
that was such a silly movie
Ryan Gray
He was a hack since day one. Reminder that he blocked the best restoration of Napoléon (1927) from the United States so his own butchered restoration would be the only one commercially available.
Jace Brown
Rumble Fish is criminally underrated. Picked it up at a video store not knowing what it was, pure kino