How did Francis Ford Coppola fall off so hard?
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Kilgore Trout
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Scorsese made some of his all-time best movies coming of a coke binge though.
But regarding Scorsese, that man just breathes cinema. I've mentioned this before but he might be one of the most technically gifted directors of all time. He is someone who understands what every frame of a movie should look, sound and feel like in a way only a few men do. That's why he never fell off because it might be his sole reason for living.
In Coppola's case, I think the answer is this:
The experience burned him out and while he didn't lose his passion for film, I don't think he ever wanted to do something so challenging again. That's why his 80s films are all of a much smaller scale until he got broke and sold out in the 90s with The Godfather Pt III.
Coppola offered godfather 3 to Scorsese but he turned it down
Scorsese has gotta be the best story teller in film.
I love Latina women
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Yup.
Kilgore Trout
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Thank god
Part 2 was a masterpiece
I don't know who said this, maybe Scorsese or tarintino.
But godfather is how the mafia viewed themselves but goodfellas were how they really were.
Both great movies
Bruce LeRoy
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This... plus he had a hsnd in writing the screenplay to one of the GOAT biopics with Patton.
Rumble fish is dope
I love Latina women
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Yessir. I love that movie. Man, Mickey Rourke and Matt Dillon were great in that. Laurence Fishburne and Nicholas Cage too!
Sometimes book adaptations can come across corny but Coppola did a really great job with the movie.
It straight reminded me of growing up (London) the knife fights and gang shyt.
The Outsiders is a never dope film too, similar shyt.
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Yeah. I haven't watched The Outsides in a long time.
HipHopStan
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The decline started when he was filming Apocalypse Now! Filming that movie took an emotional toll on him. I believe he lost 100 lbs during filming and even contemplated suicide a few times. After that, he still put out some good films like The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, and Dracula, but he was never the same.
