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| Francis Ford Coppola |
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| Born: 1939 |
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Combining Hollywood and European art-house traditions, Coppola was a
giant of America's 1970's golden age, proof that beauty, intelligence
and moral complexity could flourish in the mainstream. He remains best
known for The Godfather, and the strain of trying to match that early
milestone shows in his subsequent films, which are united only by an
abiding fascination with families. The best - The Conversation,
Godfather 2, Apocalypse Now - are technically stunning, but lack his
breakthrough's fearsome intensity. His more recent career highs -
Rumble Fish, Dracula - aren't on the same level, and he's had outright
failures like the mawkish Robin Williams vehicle Jack. But this
unusually varied, ambitious body of work remains in progress.
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