Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday will premiere at the a film on which he has risked everything, one that香蕉视频直播檚 arriving clouded by rumors of production turmoil. Sound familiar?
On Thursday, Coppola香蕉视频直播檚 will make its much-awaited premiere. Other films are debuting in Cannes with more fanfare and hype, but none has quite the curiosity of 香蕉视频直播淢egalopolis,香蕉视频直播� the first film by the 85-year-old filmmaker in 13 years. Coppola put $120 million of his own money into it.
Forty-five years ago, something very similar played out when Coppola was toiling over the edit for 香蕉视频直播淎pocalypse Now.香蕉视频直播� The movie香蕉视频直播檚 infamous Philippines production, which would be documented by , was already legend. The originally planned release in December 1977 had come and gone. Coppola had, himself, poured some $16 million into the $31 million budget for his Vietnam-set telling of Joseph Conrad香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淗eart of Darkness.香蕉视频直播�
香蕉视频直播淚 was terrified. For one thing, I was on the hook for the whole budget personally 香蕉视频直播� that香蕉视频直播檚 why I came to own it,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淚n addition, in those days interest was over 25, 27%. So it looked as though, especially given the controversy and all the bogus articles being written about a movie that no one knew anything about but were predicting it was 香蕉视频直播榯he heralded mess香蕉视频直播� of that year, it looked as though I was never going to get out of the jeopardy I was in. I had kids, I was young. I had no family fortune behind me. I was scared stiff.香蕉视频直播�
Gilles Jacob, delegate general of Cannes, traveled to visit Coppola, hoping he could coax him into returning to the festival where the director香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淭he Conversation香蕉视频直播� had won the Palme d香蕉视频直播橭r in 1974. In his book, 香蕉视频直播淐itizen Cannes: The Man Behind the Cannes Film Festival,香蕉视频直播� Jacob recounted finding Coppola in the editing suite 香蕉视频直播渂eset by financial woes and struggling with 20 miles of film.香蕉视频直播�
By springtime 1979, Coppola had assembled an edit he screened in Los Angeles 香蕉视频直播� much as he recently did 香蕉视频直播淢egalopolis.香蕉视频直播� When Jacob got wind of the screening, he threw himself into securing it for that year香蕉视频直播檚 Cannes.
香蕉视频直播淎lready considered an event even before it had been shown, 香蕉视频直播楢pocalypse Now香蕉视频直播� would be the festival香蕉视频直播檚 crowning glory,香蕉视频直播� Jacob wrote. He added: 香蕉视频直播淯ltimately I knew it was Cannes香蕉视频直播� setting 香蕉视频直播� more than a match for his own megalomania 香蕉视频直播� that would convince him to come.香蕉视频直播�
But Coppola wasn香蕉视频直播檛 so sure. The film was unfinished, didn香蕉视频直播檛 have credits yet and he still was unsure about the ending. But after some back-and-forth and debate about whether 香蕉视频直播淎pocalypse Now香蕉视频直播� would screen in or out of competition, it was decided: It would screen as a 香蕉视频直播渨ork in progress香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播� in competition.
At the premiere in Cannes, Coppola carried his daughter, Sofia, then 8, on his shoulders. The response to the film wasn香蕉视频直播檛 immediately overwhelming.
香蕉视频直播溝憬妒悠抵辈Apocalypse Now,香蕉视频直播� one of the most ballyhooed movies of the decade, got only a polite response at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday,香蕉视频直播� wrote the Herald Tribune.
At the press conference, Coppola was defensive about the bad press the film received and the attention given to its budget.
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But 香蕉视频直播淎pocalypse Now香蕉视频直播� would ultimately go down as one of Cannes香蕉视频直播� most mythologized premieres. The president of the jury that year, French author Francoise Sagan, preferred another entry about war: 香蕉视频直播淭he Tin Drum,香蕉视频直播� Volker Schlondorff香蕉视频直播檚 adaptation of the G眉nter Grass novel. The jury, split between the two, gave the Palme d香蕉视频直播橭r to both.
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The day after the 1978 Cannes closing ceremony, Jacob recalled running into Coppola at the Carlton Hotel, just as he was leaving.
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