THE CONVERSATION (1974) – Review by Andrew Sarris
23/11/2017
by Andrew Sarris I It came over the car radio while I was driving out to wintry, stormy Long Island for the Memorial Day weekend.
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THE GODFATHER (1972) – Review by Andrew Sarris
22/11/2017
I am convinced that The Godfather could have been a more profound film if Coppola had shown more interest (and perhaps more courage) in those sections of the book which treated crime as an extension of capitalism and as the sine qua non of showbiz.
THE GODFATHER WARS – by Mark Seal
17/09/2017
Mark Seal recalls how the clash of Hollywood sharks, Mafia kingpins, and cinematic geniuses shaped the Hollywood masterpiece ‘The Godfather’
THE GODFATHER (1972): MARIO PUZO’S LETTER TO MARLON BRANDO
17/09/2017
Transcript of Mario Puzo’s 1970 letter to Marlon Brando telling him he was the only actor who could play Don Corleone
THE GODFATHER (1972) – Review by Janet Maslin [Boston After Dark]
17/09/2017
Janet Maslin reviews Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Godfather’. Published in Boston After Dark, 1972 March 28
THE GODFATHER PART III (1990) – Review by Pauline Kael
18/08/2017
by Pauline Kael At the end of The Godfather Part II (1974), the story was complete—beautifully complete. Francis Ford Coppola knew it, and for over
IL PADRINO: NEPPURE UNA VOLTA LA PAROLA ‘MAFIA’!
01/08/2017
Giacomo R. Carioti incontra a Roma il giovane produttore del ‘Padrino’, Albert S. Ruddy, con cui ricostruisce la storia del film
APOCALYPSE NOW: A CLASH OF TWO CULTURES – INTERVIEW WITH VITTORIO STORARO
04/05/2017
Vittorio Storaro recalls the photographic challenges he confronted during the tumultuous production of Francis Ford Coppola’s hallucinatory Vietnam War epic ‘Apocalypse Now’
THE GODFATHER – Review by Vincent Canby [The New York Times]
02/05/2017
Taking a best-selling novel of more drive than genius (Mario Puzo’s The Godfather), about a subject of something less than common experience (the Mafia), involving an isolated portion of one very particular ethnic group (first-generation and second-generation Italian-Americans), Francis Ford Coppola has made one of the most brutal and moving chronicles of American life ever designed within the limits of popular entertainment.
Apocalypse Now (1979): Joseph Conrad and the Television War
01/03/2017
“The most important thing I wanted to do in the making of Apocalypse Now was to create a film experience that would give its audience a sense of the horror, the madness, the sensuousness, and the moral dilemma of the Vietnam war. “
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: PLAYBOY INTERVIEW (1975)
27/01/2017
American director Francis Ford Coppola interviewed by William Murray for Playboy magazine, July 1975 issue
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: AN OFFER HE COULDN’T REFUSE
02/01/2017
Francis Ford Coppola on ‘The Godfather Part III. Interview by Ana Maria Bahiana for CINEMA Papers
Apocalypse Now (1979) – Review by Vincent Canby [The New York Times]
27/12/2016
Francis Coppola’s Apocalypse Now lives up to its grand title, disclosing not only the various faces of war but also the contradictions between excitement and boredom, terror and pity, brutality and beauty.
Una Tenebra Incompiuta: Conrad Riprodotto
27/12/2016
Apocalypse Now come segno della divisione fra il moderno e il postmoderno. Saggio di Francesco Binni
Apocalypse Now (1979) – Review by Veronica Geng [The New Yorker]
27/12/2016
Viewed as a conventional updating of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now looks like not much more than a cannibalization.
FRANCIS COPPOLA: THE ROLLING STONE INTERVIEW (1982)
12/12/2016
The director discusses his new movie — One from the Heart — and his bold vision for the future of filmmaking
10 REASONS WHY THE GODFATHER PART III IS CRAP…
08/10/2016
10 Reasons why The Godfather Part III is crap
APOCALYPSE NOW – Speciale della rivista “Duel”
01/10/2016
Speciale pubblicato dalla rivista “Duel” nel 2001 in occasione dell’uscita di “Apocalypse Now Redux”