Come with us, sam. Were headed for the valley. Going where did you say . Mexico. All the way down. You going all the way to mexico tonight in this old heap of junk . I reckon the town get along without us until monday . Oh, i reckon. I was young enough to bounce that far id be with you. The last picture show was a movie however old i was when i saw it i said, oh my god, this movie is about me. This movie is about us. This movie is about america as we are in the mid70s, not as we were in the early 1950s. Do you think the last picture show is a john ford type move . No, i think its a Peter Bogdanovic movie. He spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. Orson welles read the script. I said, id like to get that depth of field. Everything being sharp the way you did in citizen cane touch of evil. He said, youll never get it to color. What do i do . Shoot it in black and white. The last picture show is the most that made me fall in love with movies. It just blew my mind. Its about everything that holds you back, and its about being young. There is heartbreak, wisdom that comes of age, and young people discovering how fast time goes. In the last picture show, there was a quality of reality. Theres no feeling of watching a performance, but of experiencing another human being. Really, its a story about america. About the death of a way of life. So youre closing the show. Nobody wants to come to shows no more. Get baseball in the summer. Television all the time. Maybe a necessary death of an old hollywood that had to die to make way for a new generation of filmmakers to tell new stories. At the end of the 60s, hollywood was ballooning budgets up to catastrophic size. Here, ill tell you what, ill even pay for it in cash. Fine. So it opens the door for smaller movies. And when the budgets lower, the artistic freedom tends to be higher. All of a sudden here is this young group of directors that came along and started blowing up the bridges behind them of the way things used to be and now were trying new ways. Lets see if it works. Williams French Connection was about a couple of new york cops doing a hard hustle and busting a bunch of lowlife scum bag drug dealers. That cars dirty. He shot the film like a documentary. He found a way to make it so real. That really influenced me. My favorite gene hackman performance is popeye doyle. Gene hackman was so filled with anger, it just made me so happy. To see that kind of life. Boiling. The car chase was undeniably actually happening in real time. This was the greatest car chase in a film that wasnt supposed to be about a car chase. The new hollywood coming out was angry and young. And that anger changes the whole aesthetic of hollywood. There was something about movies in the 70s. They just were all very tangible. You felt like you were really in it. These dark, dark films that life is shit. And thats the punch line. Movies are uglier. They are dirtier. They are more uncomfortable. They are more dangerous. They are more vietnam. We were starting to deal with the counterculture and taking it seriously, because we were young, we were part of the counterculture. Patton was a film about world war ii and connects with the greatest generation. Its also a film about reconsidering war and connects with the vietnam generation. Well, hell, youre just a god damn coward. It is told with irony by this young screenwriter named francis ford coppola. Coppola had his foot in old hollywood before that. He made an old Warner Brothers musical finnians rainbow. I was very unhappy during the production because you didnt get to cast, you didnt get to pick the art director, you didnt do final post production. One of the highlights of the picture is a skinny kid would come and watch what i was doing and became a friend of mine. He was the only one more or less my contemporary, and that was george lucas. I think student films are the only hope. They are beginning to realize that students know what they are doing. These guys saw hollywood as death. They were all very influenced by the fresh new wave in european films. Thats how francis saw himself. His fantasy was that he was going to make a series of these out of hollywood movies with lucas and other people they attracted. They decided to start their own studio. All right. Just back off. The first movie they make is by george lucas. He makes txh 1138. Its a flop. It goes over everybodys head. And thats a problem. It almost ended lucas career before it started. They were running into trouble. At the same time, paramount was running out of money. So i said, look, what would happen if we bought the rights to some really interesting commercial novels and married that material to all these bright young filmmakers out there . When paramount came along and offered francis the godfather he didnt want to do, he turned it down. I reminded francis with annoying frequency that he was broke and that he had to take my offer to direct this picture. So what happens next . Coppola finally takes the paying gig, which might be the most beloved movie of all time. snoring whats going on . Its the 3pm slump. Should have had a p3. Oh yeah. Should have had a p3. Need energy . Get p3. With a mix of meat, cheese and nuts. We carry flowers that signifyn why we want to end the disease. And we walk so that one day, there will be a white flower for alzheimers first survivor. Join the fight at alz. Org walk. At tmobile, for 40 line for four lines, its all included for the whole family. Like unlimited with netflix on us. And now with each new line, get one of our latest smartphones included. 40 line for four lines and smartphones are included for the whole family. 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The fact that its about a mafia family is just the dressing of it. Al pacinos character michael is the youngest son of the godfather. He understands whats going on with his family. He explains it in cold blooded detail to kay right there. My father made him an offer he couldnt refuse. What was that . Lou held a gun to his head and my father assured him either his brains or his signature would be on the contract. Hes such an innocent. He was quiet. He was shy. He was outside. He was not in the inner circle. Thats my family. Its not me. He kind of deludes himself into believing that. But everything starts to change when his father is almost murdered. The family has to take revenge. And michael decides he will do it. Lets set the meeting. One of the things i really related to was how he loved his family. What he would do. He would do anything for his family. He is there in that restaurant. You see that look in his eye to say that either he knows hes going to shoot him or he doesnt know. He is trying to decide. Hes going to get up and walk out. Its going to change his life forever. Its one of those moments where right after this happens, nothings ever going to be the same again. How do you let go of what you have been raised in . And can you let go or do you just become another one of the line of the same thing . I never i never wanted this for you. You really cared about these people. You understood the godfathers wanting his son to be separate from all of the crime. You understood his sadness when that didnt seem possible. Senator corleone, governor corleone. Its very much a story about america, about both the promise and the destroyed promise of america. I saw that film four times in five days. And up until that point, i had always thought that lawrence of arabia was the greatest film made until the first godfather. And then coppola wound up making a sequel that was perhaps better than the first one. What we see in the godfather part ii is the story of michael corleone. He is more ruthless and more powerful. You won. You want to wipe everybody out . I dont feel i have to wipe everybody out. Just my enemies. Thats all. At the same time, its intercut with the story of his father don veito core loney as young man played by Robert De Niro becoming a powerful mob leader in new york. I studied what brando had done and expressions. I had to try to create the thing that he had. I will make an offer you wont refuse. Dont worry. Half the movie this irresistible young man trying to figure out, first legitimately and then otherwise, how do i make it in america . Everything don corleone did was for his family. Whereas, michael, everything he does is about making money and accumulating power. He rationalizes by saying, this is for the family. But ultimately, he destroys the family. This is the product of francis ford coppola. You feel his sensibility. And this is the great revolution of the 1970s. Then it became very clear to the studios, if we could have a Box Office Success with the godfather, imagine what else these guys can do if we give them a chance. The whole school of filmmakers that came up in hollywood in the 70s really were Roger Cormans children. Corman started making movies for exploitation companies. He mads movies very, very quickly, so they were very low budget. Suddenly, i had a group from ucla, sc and nyu of young filmmakers. They learned on the set while directing. Working with roger corman, its like a college. Youre tired, youre distracted and everything. It doesnt matter. Youre shooting. Francis coppola, martin scorsese, ron howard and me began with roger. The new hollywood is unthinkable without roger. When i was making grand theft auto, he said, ron, you keep doing a good job for me on this picture and you will never have to work for me again. I guess i never did work for roger again. But im forever grateful for the opportunity that he gave me. Run, Bertha Martin scorsese had made a few small films in the late 60s and early 70s, but people started to Pay Attention when he does this movie called mean streets. I wanted to make films about an area where i grew up. I didnt really see organized crime. I was living in it. Marty scorsese burst upon the scene with a kind of frankness, violence and a restlessness to find the rhythms of the streets that dont feel anything like a movie. How much how much money you got from michael tonight . I got none. Mean streets came out of events that occurred to me and my friends associating with people that can be detrimental to you. Yet, theres love there. The first time you see Robert De Niro dancing around like everybody else you are like what the [ bleep ] is that . Who is that . Hey, there aint nothing wrong with me. Keep your mouth shut. It was about friendship and loyalty. It was one of those movies that resonated with me because it reminded me of the same situation that i was in, just different color people. Taxi driver really reflected that world that i knew. Steam from the streets. The nighttime of the city. Its always night. Especially for a guy who wants to drive a cab at night. How is your driving record . Its clean. Its real clean, like my conscience. You going to break my chops . The conflict was in me, was in de niro. We knew that there was a truth to it. Why wont you talk to me . Why dont you answer my calls . You think i dont know you are here. Marty scorsese lets people do gets the best out of them because he lets them go as far as they can go. I love him. Its a story about a guy who has a psychological decent into hell. Of selfsacrifice and violence. The idea had been growing in my brain for some time. He decides to assassinate a president ial candidate. True force. All the kings men cannot put it back together again. Then he turns this to rescue a child prostitute played by the 14yearold jody foster. Get me out of here, all right . He seems heroic but he isnt. The fearlessness of that performance. De niro was not interested in being sexy or pretty. Just being real. Travis bickle is of course one of the great characters of 20th century film. You talking to me . You talking to me . I remember sitting at his feet and him beginning this phrase, are you talking to me . Then who the hell else are you talking to . Are you talking to me . Its something i worked on. Seemed right, the mirror and so on. Well, im the only one here. I saw it happen and i saw him transform. Okay. Youve had quite the career. Yeah, ive had some pretty prestigious jobs over the years. News producer, executive transport manager, and a beverage distribution supervisor. Now im a director at a Security Software firm. Wow, youve been at it a long time. Thing is, i like working. What if my Retirement Plan is i dont want to retire . 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Woody allen created this character who is always out of his element no matter what, whether it was in south america in the 1970s or sleeper in the future or russia in the 19th century. Woodys only intention with though films was just to get laughs. By 1977, he wanted to create a different kind of movie. And it just blew everybody away. Driving a tad rapidly. Dont worry. Im a very good driver. Annie hall was about people getting together, breaking up. He was jewish. She was decidedly not jewish. You are what grammy hall would call a real jew. Thank you. The best relationship movie i think ever made. If you want to just take all the truths of a relationship, how it can work and not work, i think annie hall nailed it. Im in a bad mood, okay . He told that story nonchronologically. It took risks in the style of filmmaking. I cant believe this family. There are moments he is talking directly into the camera. Nothing like my family. You know, the two are like oil and water. He shows both what his family talks about and does and what her family talks about and does. With these wonderful split screens. How often do you sleep together . Do you have sex often . Hardly ever. Maybe three times a week. Constantly. I would say three times a week. We always think of annie hall as being woody allens movie. But, really, its diane keaton who has created this great character of annie hall. Oh, well. La de da. She steals the show. Wonderful. Swept the academy awards, which is rare for a comedy. It won best picture, best writer, best director and best actress for diane keaton. I remember seeing it during college and being in tears at the end. Not because it was sad but because i couldnt take the artistry. Its this beautiful symphony. There was really this feeling of how can you top annie hall . And in many ways, manhattan did it. First of all, it sounds out because of that beautiful black and white photography. You had the score opening with rhapsody in blue. It showed new york in the most romantic way. In a way that new york wasnt thought about in the 70s. Hi, what are you doing here . Heres a movie set mostly in little dialogue scenes between cynical, nervous intellectuals on a giant wide screen. Isnt it beautiful out . Theres this amazing sequence where they end up sitting on this little bench and you see the 59th street bridge above them. I made it my business when i was in college to find that bench. This is really a great city. I dont care what anybody says. Those are the kind of things that those movies made you do. You saw something amazing in a part of the city youve never been in and you try to find them. Manhattan is ostensibly a comedy. Its all the questions he loves. Its questions about mortality. Why is life worth living . Its a very good question. If you remove all the baggage of him as a comedy filmmaker and watch it straight on as a film, its beautiful. Mel brooks, why did the make Blazing Saddles . For money. Blazing saddles is a classic western spoofing westerns and it is one of the most subversive comedies that comes out in the 70s. Its a movie that mel brooks cowrites with Richard Pryor about a black sheriff comes to this town and the town people not wanting him to be there. I love Blazing Saddles because its a revolutionary film. It deals with race with a sense of humor and candor. Richard pryor was supposed to play the sheriff. Warner brothers wouldnt insure him because he was an exhuberan t experimenter in chemicals. Mel walked off the movie. I cant make it without ritchie. It was Richard Pryor said no, you have to make this movie. Look how dark his skin is. He would terrify those people. I would