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Post by Artie Kendall on Feb 13, 2020 9:42:40 GMT -5
 The 1970's has been labeled as the decade of the director and the subject of this thread has, on several occasions, been called the greatest director of the 70's. He directed four films in the 70's and all four were critically acclaimed, lauded with award after award, all of them nominated for Best Picture a the Academy Awards. But then the 80's happened. So wrestlingfigs....what is your favorite Coppola film of the 80's?
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Post by TurboEddie on Feb 13, 2020 23:02:58 GMT -5
My favorite of his 80’s films is Rumble Fish. It’s deeply personal, and its black-and-white visuals and percussive score are haunting.
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Post by k5 on Feb 14, 2020 23:06:35 GMT -5
My favorite of his 80’s films is Rumble Fish. It’s deeply personal, and its black-and-white visuals and percussive score are haunting. gets my vote as well. plus, very young Mickey Rourke nails the role of the motorcycle boy. loved the book when I found it in grade school and the movie actually does a fine job of it. |
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Post by Tim of thee on Feb 14, 2020 23:29:56 GMT -5
Cotton Club is one of my all time favorite films so that one.
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Post by What? on Feb 15, 2020 12:56:52 GMT -5
Voted for The Outsiders it's the only one I've seen. I didnt know he did most of these.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 1, 2020 18:10:30 GMT -5
Tucker The Man and His Dream since I'm a car buff.
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Post by Artie Kendall on Mar 25, 2020 23:22:01 GMT -5
Just to put my two cents into this, my favorite of his work from the 80's is Rumble Fish. People ask what happened to Coppola after the 70's a lot of people point to Apocalypse Now driving him crazy, the death of his son in an accident, and filing for bankruptcy all point towards his downfall. Rumble Fish was probably his most ambitious film of the 80's and tried to introduce film techniques to a younger audience that may not be accustomed to some of the stuff that was in it. He was trying to open a younger generations eyes to say "this is what film can be" with Rumble Fish. It's gotta be hard that every movie you make people expect The Godfather level quality. But then again Coppola is probably sitting in a really comfortable chair reading a book and drinking wine, with no cares in the world right now.
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