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The Film Talk: Today’s Podcast: Francis Ford Coppola Interviewed

  • John Muth · 4 months ago
    Great interview - or should I say great to listen to Coppola talk. And really, I could listen to him talk, almost endlessly. He's such an interesting person, and really I do wish that he'd been able to successfully produce the films he wanted. He almost seems like a modern day Orson Welles, in how he's derided for the dreck he's made and the fastidiousness to which he wants his movies to be made; but when he is given the chance he is able to shine.

    I'd never say that Coppola is the best filmmaker, ever, but he is one who I can say has the largest number of "favorites" sitting on my DVD shelf. And the man is truly an artist. I loved his comments on wanting to make things that aren't pigeon-holed into similar movies, and the great line about Sofia never remaking a Twilight film.

    As always, a great show guys. The one down-side I'd say to the interview - and I kind of already did - is that you didn't really get to ask too many questions. (And I liked how you both felt victorious in his opinion on The Hangover.) :)
  • Ana · 4 months ago
    Wow!! What a thrilling surprise to visit the blog and listen to a podcast featuring Francis Ford Coppola! It was really a treat to hear his thoughts on cinema and movie-making. Thanks so much to all three of you for an excellent interview!
  • Tom · 4 months ago
    Wow! How amazing to get such a film making legend on the show. Very interesting. You used to joke about having such folk on - who's next?
  • kiley · 4 months ago
    whoa, ok, that whole part about digital film allowing the artist to compose the film was very profound! I've had a negative (ok, seriously NOT a pun, i SWEAR!) view towards digital film, getting afraid it was making things too...sterilized...too easy for the artist...(should all art have a degree of suffering? idk..but it feels more 'real' if it does...) but when he said that it gives the artist control over the light levels, the colors, just the entire shot has COMPLETELY reversed my thinking!
  • Jett Loe · 4 months ago
    Yep, one can think of it more like painting than 'film' or chemical based photography. The obvious, early effect of this is that a moving away from the real - or the sense of the 'real' - but it'll come back. - it's like all those crappy images one saw after Photoshop was released - just because a PS Filter exists doesn't mean one has to use it.