The god father was made in a very classical, almost shakespearean style. It was going to be about succession. Like a king who had three sons, and none of the sons had all his talents. [ speaking nonenglish ] michael could be ruthless when he had to be ruthless, but he could be friendly. Nord, he was a complex hero. In other words, he was a complex hero. Were here in the napa valley on a rainy day, to interview Francis Ford Coppola. Now, hes one of the greatest Movie Directors of alltime, without any question. If you google the best movies of all time, the greatest movies of all time, the godfather is number un, number one, usually. But The Godfather 2 is often on that list of top ten and so is Apocalypse Now. So of the 10, 15 greatest movies of alltime, this man has made three of them. I am really interested in talking to him for another reason. When i came to america first, i was in college and i took a class, classics of american cinema. It was in some ways helpful for me, because it
the god father was made in a very classical, almost shakespearean style. it was going to be about succession. like a king who had three sons, and none of the sons had all his talents. [ speaking non-english ] michael could be ruthless when he had to be ruthless, but he could be friendly. nord, he was a complex hero. in other words, he was a complex hero. we re here in the napa valley on a rainy day, to interview francis ford coppola. now, he s one of the greatest movie directors of all-time, without any question. if you google the best movies of all time, the greatest movies of all time, the godfather is number un, number one, usually. but the godfather 2 is often on that list of top ten and so is apocalypse now. so of the 10, 15 greatest movies of all-time, this man has made three of them. i am really interested in talking to him for another reason. when i came to america first, i was in college and i took a class, classics of american cinema. it was in so
all my ideas were counter to what they wanted. they wanted to shoot the picture in, uh, st. louis, and they wanted the script to be set in the 70 s, which is when it was gonna be made, because if you make the movie in normal time, like if we make a movie today, all the cars can be the same. yeah. the hairstyles can be the same, the wardrobe can be the same, the props can be. if you make a period picture, you re adding a lot, a big layer of cost. and st. louis wasn t new york, which is where the book was set. so, first thing i said is, i wanna shoot it in new york, and i wanna shoot it 1945, in the period of the book. and it s very important that it be shot at period. and then they said, who is this kid? what does he think, it s crazy. we re - we re gonna make the movie for two million dollars. uh, what s it gonna cost if we try to go to new york?
conversation. it showed how sitcoms weren t afraid to discuss social issues that had formerly been taboo. this is it. this is it. this is life, the one you get - when you get to something like one day at a time , the single mother in that show is divorced. that was unusual for television. i haven t had a happy minute since we moved to indianapolis. sure was different before the divorce, when daddy was around. yeah, yeah i know. you used to wrap him around your little finger. all the single parents before had been widowed. and so television begins to catch up with who we are. whatchu doing mom? i am circling the jobs for which it would appear i am qualified. i don t see any circles. exactly. i mean it was the 70 s. women were feeling empowered to have lives of their own and to still have a family. darling. would you like to tell me what s going on between you and chuck? you re going to die? you had no business telling her.