Ifilimu kaFrancis Ford Coppola: Ukusuka eNew Hollywood kuya eMegalopolis

Khuluma ngakho Francis Ford Coppola ukungena ngokugcwele emlandweni wesinema yesimanje: umdali ophelele, ingcweti kanye nosomabhizinisi, okwazile ukwenza ubudlelwano obuseduze ne-epic, ojwayelene nezimboni, kanye nengozi yobuciko nombukwane omkhulu. Igama lakhe lihlotshaniswa ne Ibhayisikobho yezimanga kusukela ngeminyaka yama-70s kuya phambili, indlela yokuqonda i-cinema njengohambo lomuntu siqu nolweqoqo, ezizungezile nabahlanganyeli abathembekile futhi, ngokuvamile, nomndeni wakhe.

Ngokunqoba okukhulu kwe Unkulunkulukazi ku-titanic odyssey ye Apocalypse Manje, edlula ebumnandini bomsindo we Ingxoxo noma isitayela se-baroque Dracula, ifilimu yakhe iveza isifiso esingaguquki. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha yomsebenzi (1963-okwamanje), usayine, wabhala noma wakhiqiza imisebenzi ebalulekile, unqobile. Oscars, Golden Globes, Palmes d'Or futhi ohlonishwayo U-Irving Thalberg, futhi uhlole iphupho elizimele lokuthi I-Zoetrope yaseMelika kusuka eSan Francisco.

Idatha yomuntu siqu nesimo somndeni

Wazalwa kuqhubeke 7 Apreli 1939 EDetroit, eMichigan, uCoppola wakhulela emndenini obumbene, wobuciko wase-Italy-American. Uyise wayenjalo UCarmine Coppola, umculi nomqambi; umama wakhe, I-Pennine Italy, umlingisi osethathe umhlalaphansi. Ulimi lwakhe lwendabuko isiNgisi, wenza inkolo yobuKatolika futhi wazinza Napa Valley. Ungu-1,82 m ubude futhi, eseyinsizwa, waphathwa yi-poliomyelitis eyamshiya elele cishe unyaka, isikhathi asisebenzise ngokunenzuzo ukudlala ne-poliomyelitis. irekhoda kanye neprojektha engu-16mm anikezwe umkhulu wakhe, uFrancesco Pennino.

Isibongo esithi Coppola siyafana nesaga. Udadewabo UTalia Shire uthole udumo ku rocky naku-trilogy uqobo Unkulunkulukazi; umshana wakhe Nicolas Cage waba inkanyezi; futhi UJason Schwartzman, indodana kaTalia, yagqama ebhayisikobho ezimele. Umqondisi washada Eleanor Coppola ngo-1963 (eshonelwe ngo-2024) futhi waba nezingane ezintathu: U-Gian-Carlo (1963-1986) Roman (1965) futhi Sofia (1971). Akuyona into engaqondakali ukuthi uCoppola kaningi zihlanganisa amalungu omndeni emafilimini akhe; phakathi Unkulunkulukazi, ngokwesibonelo, uTalia ulingisa indawo kaConnie, udadewabo kaMichael, futhi ngemva kweminyaka eminingi Sofia uzodlala uMary, indodakazi kaMichael, esigabeni sesithathu.

I-anecdote evame ukucashunwa igcizelela izinga impilo nenganekwane ezihlangana ngayo kumafilimu akhe: Diane Keaton izici ezimodelayo zikaKay Adams wakhe ezigqugquzelwe eyakhe Eleanor Coppola, owesifazane ongumProthestani oshade nomNtaliyane ongumKatolika, njengomlingiswa wakhe emlandweni we-Corleone. Lokhu kungeneka phakathi komuntu siqu kanye nomsebenzi kuwuphawu lokuthengisa lwefilimu: umndeni uza kuqala, futhi isethi yefilimu isebenza njengomkhaya wesibili.

Ukuqeqeshwa kwezemfundo nezinyathelo zokuqala

UCoppola wafunda e- Inyuvesi yaseHofstra, lapho athola khona iziqu zeDramatic Arts ngo-1960, futhi waqhubekisela phambili ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe e- UCLA (Isikole Seshashalazi, Ifilimu Nethelevishini), ngaphezu kokudlula ezikhungweni ezifana neJohn L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Jamaica High School kanye ne I-New York Military AcademyLeyo minyaka yaluchaza ubizo lwakhe: ukubhala nokuqondisa izinto zakhe siqu, ukulawula inqubo kusukela ekuqaleni kuya ekugcineni. Kakade eseHofstra wamangala ngokukhiqizwa kwe Isifiso Esibizwa Nge-Streetcar futhi wasungula ubungane obuhlala njalo abalingisi abafana noJames Caan.

Kwabizwa isango lakhe embonini Roger Corman. Okokuqala, futhi ngaphandle kwezakhiwo, waqondisa ubunqunu obunesabelomali esiphansi njenge Tonight for Sure (1962) futhi The Bellboy kanye Playgirls (1962). Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho wasayina eyakhe ifilimu yokuqala efakwe ohlwini, I-Dementia 13 (1963), yaqoshwa e-Ireland ngezinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye nje kuphela, futhi yabamba iqhaza The Terror (1963) engagunyaziwe. Ngo-Corman wafunda ukuhlela, ukubhala nokuphila ezimbonini, nakuba babegcina sebeziqhelelanisa nabo lapho umdidiyeli engathandi ukusika kokugcina I-Dementia 13.

Ukugxuma kwakhe kwangempela njengombhali weza nakho Ungumfana Omkhulu Manje (1966), ihlaya elinozwela nelincane elenziwe njenge iphrojekthi yokugcina degree lapho kuvela khona izingqikithi ezimkhathazayo: ukukhululwa, ubuwena, ubusha njengegugu elichithiwe. Wabe esecelwa ukuba aqondise umculo U-Finian's Rainbow (1968, Isigodi sothingo) ka-Jack Warner, okuhlangenwe nakho okungavamile njengoba kwakwakha. Futhi ngo-1969, nge Abantu Bemvula (Imvula enhliziyweni yami), wawina i Igobolondo Eligolide eSan Sebastian.

Ngawo lowo nyaka wasungula I-Zoetrope yaseMelika eSan Francisco, noCoppola njengomongameli kanye George Lucas njengesekela likamongameli. Umbono: isitudiyo sesimanje lapho abaqondisi nababhali besikrini bangaba nenkululeko yokudala. Ukusuka lapho, iphrofayili yakhe njengomkhiqizi yahlanganiswa, isekela amafilimu abanye abanjengo I-THX 1138 (1971) kanye nabaphumelele American Graffiti (1973), owaze waxhasa ngezimali ukusatshalaliswa kwayo lapho kungekho owayezimisele ukubheja kuyo.

Khuphuka Kweminyaka Yamashumi Ayisikhombisa: Umbhali Wesikrini kanye Nombhali Ophelele

Ngo-1971 wawina eyakhe kuqala u-Oscar ne iskripthi sokuqala esihle kakhulu por Patton, ibhalwe no-Edmund H. North. Leso kwakuyisandulela seminyaka yakhe eyishumi yegolide. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wavuma ukuzivumelanisa noveli ngo UMario Puzo futhi uqondise Unkulunkulukazi (1972), nakuba ekuqaleni wayemanqikanqika. Impi yakhe noParamount phezu kwabalingisi (wayefuna UMarlon Brando kwase kuxoxwa al Pacino) iyinganekwane. Ngokulandelana kwendawo yokudlela—ukubulala kokuqala kwe UMichael corleone- waqinisekisa isitudiyo ukuthi ithoni nomlingisi babeqinisile.

Unkulunkulukazi kwaba isenzakalo: Oscar ngefilimu ehamba phambili y i-screenplay eguqulwe kahle kakhulu (yabiwe no-Puzo), kanye ne-Golden Globes yefilimu, umqondisi kanye ne-screenplay. Isithombe esimnyama se Gordon Willis kanye nomklamo we UDean Tavoularis unikeze ifilimu i-patina ye-classicism esamangalisa nanamuhla. Futhi uCoppola wafaka indaba ngeyakhe Okuhlangenwe nakho kwe-Italian-American, okuletha i-verisimilitude nokujula emndenini wakwaCorleone.

U-1974 wakhe waba yimpumelelo yangempela: waqala ukudlala Ingxoxo, Palme d'Or at Cannes, kanye IGodfather II, ukuthi uwine ama-Oscars ngefilimu ehamba phambili, umqondisi, kanye ne-screenplay eshintshiweEsokuqala isifundo esiseduze sokulalela, ukuthula, nokudideka—kanye UGene Hackman kanye nomklamo womsindo oguquguqukayo we Walter Murch—; owesibili uphakamise ibha ngesakhiwo esihambisanayo esilandisa ngokunyuka kwe Vito Corleone (insizwa Robert De Niro) kanye nokubusa kukaMikayeli okunobuthi, ezungezwe imidondoshiya efana Lee Strasberg o URobert Duvall.

Phakathi, u-Coppola wabhala ngokuhlanganyela i-adaptation ethi IGatsby Enkulu futhi yakhiqiza inganekwane American Graffiti. Ecebile, enethonya futhi esesimweni somusa, wayefuna ukulinganisa amandla akhe ngokumelene nesithombe sakhe esikhulu, Orson Welles, ukuvula kabusha iphrojekthi engenakwenzeka: ukuyiletha esikrinini Inhliziyo Yobumnyama nguJoseph Conrad.

I-Apocalypse Manje: Ukusuka Ekuqophelweni Kwesihogo Kuya Enganekwaneni

Okulandelayo John Millius kukhanyise umbhalo we Apocalypse Manje, ekuqaleni wayehlose ukuba aqondise George Lucas. Ngomhla zi-1 kuNdasa, 1976, kwaqala ukudubula okudumile ePhilippines okungazange kuphele kwaze kwaba nguMeyi 1977, ngombukiso wokuqala ngo-1979. UVittorio Storaro kanye nendlebe yomtholampilo ye Walter Murch, kodwa iqiniso laphikelela ekuqiniseni intambo: Isifo senhliziyo sikaMartin Sheen, isiphepho esakhukhula amasethi, izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezazifunwa yiButho Lamasosha asePhilippine kanye ne UMarlon Brando ezifunayo nezingenangqondo, okwasiphoqa ukuthi sicabange kabusha izigcawu.

Ifilimu, kunokuba iguqule ngokoqobo iConrad, udlulisela uhambo lwakhe kuvalo ehlathini Vietnamese futhi umculo waseVietnam, ebuthongweni obufana nempi futhi obufana nephupho. Umphumela waba i-apotheotic: Isundu legolide e-Cannes (eyethulwe ngesinqamuleli esingaqediwe) kanye nokwamukela okubucayi okwakhuphula ngokushesha emsebenzini omkhulu. Isisho sikaCoppola esingasoze salibaleka: "Ifilimu yami ayikhuluma ngeVietnam. Ifilimu yami yiVietnam». Ngo-1991, i-documentary Izinhliziyo Zobumnyama Walandisa ngemuva kwezigcawu zaleyo odyssey, nge Eleanor Coppola njengofakazi onelungelo.

Nakuba inkazimulo yobuciko yayinkulu, izindleko ezingokomzwelo nezezezimali zashiya uphawu. U-Coppola wavela ezikweletini, kodwa ngenxa yodumo lwakhe. Leyo ntambo eqinile yayizomaka izinqumo zakhe ngeminyaka yawo-80: ukushintshana izabelo, ubungozi kanye nokusinda ngaphandle kokushiya isignesha yakhe.

Amashumi ayisishiyagalombili: ubungozi, izikweletu kanye nokuqina

Ngo-1982 waqala ukwenza umculo we-studio no Eyodwa Evela Enhliziyweni (Ukushaya). Kwakuyisimangaliso sobuciko futhi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, inhlekelele enkulu yezezimali eyacishe yehlisa iZoetrope. Ngawo lowo nyaka waphela UHammett, iphrojekthi eyaqala ukwenziwa Wim Wenders okwaphetha ngokungezwani kokudala. Nokho, u-Coppola walondoloza i-pulse yokudala.

Ngo-1983 wethula amafilimu amabili azalwa emthonjeni ofanayo wezincwadi (SE Hinton) futhi asuka kumfutho wobusha: abangaphandle (Amahlongandlebe) futhi I-Rumble Fish (Umthetho womgwaqo). Eyokuqala yayiyindawo yokuzalanisa amathalenta -Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe- kanti eyesibili, ethwetshulwe nge-expressionist emnyama nemhlophe, yawina Igobolondo Eligolide eSan Sebastián. Ngo-1984 waqondisa IClubton Club, ingxube yezigelekeqe ne-jazz ne Richard Gere y Diane Lane, yamukelwe ngesivivi futhi isindwa yizindleko zayo.

Balandela abathandekayo UPeggy Sue Ushadile (1986) kanye nezempi Izingadi Zamatshe (1987), ukuqoshwa kwayo okumakwe ngu- ukufa kabuhlungu kukaGian-Carlo, izibulo likaCoppola. Kuthelevishini uqondise isiqephu sa I-Faerie Tale Theatre futhi, kancane kancane, wayesakha kabusha ukuzinza kwakhe kwezomnotho nangokomzwelo.

Ukuzalwa kabusha nokuvuthwa eminyakeni yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye

Tucker: Indoda Nephupho Lakhe (1988) kwakuyinganekwane yakhe enkulu: indaba yomsunguli onombono olwa neziqhwaga zezimoto ezifana alter ego Ifilimu kaCoppola emelene nezitudiyo ezinkulu. Ngo-1989 wabamba iqhaza esigabeni Impilo ngaphandle kukaZoe en New York Storieseduze kwe Woody Allen y Martin ScorseseEkuqaleni kwawo-90 okwakulindelwe isikhathi eside I-Godfather III, eyodwa i-twilight coda evale i-saga noMichael Corleone osekhulile futhi okhathele. Ukuhamba kwe Winona Ryder Ngaphambi nje kokuqopha, wahola uCoppola ukuba akhethe indodakazi yakhe Sofia njengoMariya, isinqumo esixoxwa kakhulu ngabagxeki. Ifilimu iphethwe imiklomelo eyisikhombisa ye-Oscar, okuhlanganisa ifilimu ehamba phambili nomqondisi.

Ngo-1992 wamangala nge UDracula nguBram Stoker, inhlonipho ku cinema yokuqala kanye namasu obuciko: izithunzi ezikhethiwe, amaqhinga optical, ikhamera I-hand-cranked pathé kanye nekhabethe le Eiko Ishioka iqanjwe njengesethi yeselula eyiqiniso. Nge UGary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins noKeanu Reeves, ifilimu yaba yimpumelelo futhi yaqoqwa ama-Oscar amathathu (izingubo zokugqoka, izimonyo nomsindo), kanye nama-Saturn Awards okuqondisa kahle kanye nefilimu engcono kakhulu eyesabekayo.

Wabe eseshintsha indlela yokuzizwa ethandwayo ka Jack (1996), nge Robin Williams, kanye nedrama yasenkantolo UMenzi Wemvula (1997), kusekelwe John Grisham futhi inkanyezi Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover y Jon VoightNgaleso sikhathi, waqhubeka ekhuthele njengomdidiyeli: I-Virgin Suicides (1999), Ulele Oze (1999), UFrankenstein kaMary Shelley (1994), UDon Juan de Marco, AmaJeepers Creepers, Melusi Omuhle o Kinsey (2005), phakathi kwezinye izihloko.

Ikhulu lama-21: ama-montages, ukuhlolwa nokubuya

Ngo-2001 wethula eCannes I-Apocalypse Manje i-Redux, umhlangano omusha nge izithombe ezingakhishiwe okwahlukanisa abagxeki phakathi kwabashisekayo nabangabazayo. Ngo-2007 wakhulula Intsha Engenayo Ubusha (Indoda engenaminyaka), i-melodrama yefilosofi eqoshwe eRomania nge UTim Roth kanye neqembu ikakhulukazi laseYurophu; kwathi ngo-2009 wabuyela kumnyama nomhlophe nge I-Tetro, yaqoshwa e-Argentina futhi yagxila kuyo izimpande zomndeni kanye nokufika kwabantu base-Italy eBuenos Aires. Ngo-2011 wasayina I-Twixt, inganekwane yamagothic enomoya wokuhlola.

Njengomkhiqizi noma umkhiqizi omkhulu ngeminyaka yawo-2000 no-2010, okuvelele kuhlanganisa CQ (2001), Kwenye indawo (2010), Emgaqweni (2011) namanye amaphrojekthi agcina ilebula le-Zoetrope liphila. Ngo-2020 wamemezela a umhlangano omusha de I-Godfather III ngesiphetho esihlukile, ukucabanga kabusha ngokuvalwa kwesaga. Futhi ngo-2019 wamemezela ukubuyela kwakhe enkampanini enkulu nge IMegalopolis, i-blockbuster yesayensi eqanjiwe isikhathi eside.

Kukhishwe ngo-2024, IMegalopolis izindawo umakhi ozimisele yakha kabusha enye i-New York ngemuva kwenhlekelele, ebhekene namandla ezepolitiki kamasipala. Iphrojekthi yakhe yokuvelela kakhulu kusukela ngaleso sikhathi Apocalypse Manje, futhi iqinisekisa ukuthi i-Coppola, ku-80 into, isacabanga nge-cinema njenge ilabhorethri yemibono, umndeni kanye ne-utopia.

Isitayela, izinhlobo nezikhundla

I-Coppola iye yahamba ngokwemvelo ezinhlobonhlobo ze izinhlobo: amafilimu obugebengu nezigelekeqe, idrama ne-melodrama, okuthusayo nokuthusayo kwe-gothic, imfihlakalo nokungabaza (okuhlanganisa nezinganekwane zabaseshi), impi, amaqhawe kanye nomlando, amaphupho, uhambo olude, ezothando, i-slasher, ukwethuka komzimba, kanye nesibindi sokuhlola. Kuxhunywe ku Ibhayisikobho yezimanga, isignesha yakhe iyabonakala: ukuhlelwa ngokucophelela, ukuthakazelisa isikhathi nenkumbulo, kanye nesithakazelo esiqhubekayo emsindweni njengesakhiwo esilandisayo.

Ngokwesikhungo, usebenze njenge umongameli wejaji weCannes Film Festival futhi uyilungu le I-American Academy of Arts and Sciences futhi i I-Writer Guild of America Western (WGAW)Uhlangothi lwakhe lwebhizinisi luhlanganisa i-winery ye-Napa—enewayini ngaphansi kohlobo lomlando I-Niebaum-Coppola—, umugqa wama-pasta namasoso I-Mammarella, amahhotela ku IGuatemala, iBelize neBuenos Aires, nomagazini wezincwadi I-Zoetrope All-Story Yasungulwa ngo-1997, ibhentshimakhi ezindabeni ezimfushane nama-eseyi.

Imiklomelo nokuhlonishwa

Umbukiso we-Coppola uyamangaza. Kwe Oscar Awards yengeza izithombe eziqoshiwe ezinhlanu: umdlalo wesikrini wangempela we Patton (1970), i-screenplay iguqulelwe ngu Unkulunkulukazi (1972) futhi IGodfather II (1974), ngaphezu kwalokho umqondisi omuhle kakhulu y ifilimu ehamba phambili por IGodfather II. Uqokwe ngu Ingxoxo futhi Apocalypse Manje (ifilimu engcono kakhulu, umqondisi kanye nombhalo), kanye ne I-Godfather III (ifilimu kanye nomqondisi). Ngo-2010 wathola i- I-Irving Thalberg Memorial Award ngeqhaza lakhe embonini.

En los Ama-Global Globes uwine umqondisi ongcono kakhulu The Godfather (1972) futhi Apocalypse Manje (1979), iculo elihle kakhulu Apocalypse Manje, kanye Nesithombe Esingcono Kakhulu (IDrama) ye Unkulunkulukazi, ngaphezu kweminye imiklomelo nokuqokwa. Kwe BAFTA uwine umqondisi ongcono kakhulu we Apocalypse Manje. e Cannes usezuze okubili I-Golden Palms: Ingxoxo (1974) futhi Apocalypse Manje (1979). E-San Sebastian wathola incwadi Igobolondo Eligolide por Abantu Bemvula (1969) futhi I-Rumble Fish (1984), ngaphezu kwalokho Umklomelo weDonostia e 2002.

Amanye ama-honours ahlanganisa Umklomelo Wenhlangano Yabaqondisi por The Godfather y IGodfather Part II, the INkosana/Inkosazana ye-Asturias Yobuciko (2015), i Izindondo Zomjikelezo Wababhali Bamafilimu (1993) kanye ne- I-Golden Lion ye-Lifetime Achievement eVenice (1992). Uhlu lwemiklomelo yamazwe ngamazwe luningi futhi luhlanganisa isimo salo njenge umbhali omkhulu wekhulu lama-20 nelama-21.

Ifilimu ekhethiwe nezindima

Ngezansi isibuyekezo esi-odiwe se izihloko ezibalulekile lapho u-Coppola ebambe khona iqhaza njengomqondisi, umbhali wesikrini, umkhiqizi noma umkhiqizi omkhulu, kanye namanothi aphawulekayo nemiklomelo. Uhlu lubonisa kokubili umsebenzi wakhe kanye nowakhe umsebenzi womdidiyeli kanye nokweseka abanye abenzi bamafilimu.

• 1962 - Tonight for Sure; The Bellboy kanye Playgirls (imisebenzi yokuqala enesabelomali esiphansi).
• 1963 - I-Dementia 13 (ifilimu yesici sokuqala esifakiwe); The Terror (ukubambisana okungagunyaziwe).
• 1966 - Ungumfana Omkhulu Manje (Ukuqokwa kwe-Palme d'Or kanye ne-Golden Globe).
• 1968 - U-Finian's Rainbow (Isigodi sothingo, ukuqokwa kweGolden Globe kowamahlaya ahamba phambili noma omculo).
• 1969 - Abantu Bemvula (Imvula enhliziyweni yami, Igobolondo Eligolide).
• 1970 - Patton (U-Oscar iskripthi sokuqala esihle kakhulu).
• 1971 - I-THX 1138 (umkhiqizi oxhunywe ekukhululweni kukaGeorge Lucas).
• 1972 - Unkulunkulukazi (Oscar ku ifilimu ehamba phambili y i-screenplay eguqulwe kahle kakhulu; I-Golden Globes yefilimu, umqondisi kanye ne-screenplay; I-DGA yomqondisi ongcono kakhulu).
• 1973 - American Graffiti (umdidiyeli; ukuqokwa kwe-Oscar kwesithombe esihle kakhulu; i-Golden Globe ye-Best Comedy noma Yomculo).
• 1974 - Ingxoxo (Palme d'Or; ukuqokwa okuningi kwe-Oscar, BAFTA kanye neGolden Globe); IGodfather II (Oscar ku ifilimu ehamba phambili, Umqondisi y iskripthi esishintshiwe).
• 1979 - Apocalypse Manje (I-Palme d'Or; i-Golden Globe kanye ne-BAFTA yoMqondisi Ongcono Kakhulu; ukuqokwa kwe-Oscar okuningi).
• 1982 - Eyodwa Evela Enhliziyweni (Ukushaya).
• 1983 - abangaphandle (Amahlongandlebe, ukuqokwa eMoscow kanye Nemiklomelo Yabaculi Abancane); I-Rumble Fish (Umthetho womgwaqo, Igobolondo Eligolide).
• 1984 - Cotton Club (Ukuqokwa kweGolden Globe kwefilimu nomqondisi).
• 1986 - UPeggy Sue Ushadile (Ukuqokwa kweGolden Globe noSaturn).
• 1987 - Izingadi Zamatshe (ukuqokwa eMoscow).
• 1988 - Tucker: Indoda Nephupho Lakhe.
• 1989 - Izindaba zaseNew York (ingxenye Impilo ngaphandle kukaZoe).
• 1990 - I-Godfather III (Ukuqokwa kwe-Oscar kwefilimu nomqondisi; ukuqokwa kwe-DGA kanye ne-Golden Globe).
• 1992 - UDracula nguBram Stoker (Saturn for best director kanye best horror film; 3 U-Oscar ochwepheshe).
• 1993 - I-Junky's Christmas (ifilimu emfushane).
• 1994 - UFrankenstein nguMary Shelley (umkhiqizi ohlangene; ukuqokwa kweSaturn).
• 1995 - UTecumseh: Iqhawe Lokugcina (umkhiqizi omkhulu).
• 1996 - Jack (Ukuqokwa Kwemiklomelo Yabaculi Abancane).
• 1997 - UMenzi Wemvula; Ukusinda Entabeni (umkhiqizi omkhulu).
• 1999 - I-Virgin Suicides (umkhiqizi); Ulele Oze (umkhiqizi); Kuhlehlisiwe (umkhiqizi omkhulu).
• 2000 - UDkt Jekyll noMnu Hyde (umkhiqizi omkhulu).
• 2001 - CQ (umkhiqizi).
• 2006 - Marie Antoinette (umkhiqizi).
• 2007 - Intsha Engenayo Ubusha (Indoda engenaminyaka).
• 2009 - I-Tetro.
• 2010 - Kwenye indawo (umkhiqizi).
• 2011 - Emgaqweni (umkhiqizi omkhulu); I-Twixt.
• 2024 - IMegalopolis.

Umkhiqizi, umxhasi kanye namabhizinisi aseceleni

Ngokuhambisana nomsebenzi wakhe njengomqondisi nombhali wesikrini, u-Coppola usebenze njengo umkhiqizi kanye ne-godfather yamaphrojekthi abalulekile: asekelwe I-THX-1138 y American Graffiti kaLucas, wabamba I-Black Stallion nokulandelana kwayo, futhi kwaba ukhiye Akira Kurosawa Sukuma Kagemusha. Uhlanganise iziqu zokuvelela (Kinsey, Melusi Omuhle, Ulele Oze, UFrankenstein kaMary Shelley) nabanye bemvelo edumile (AmaJeepers Creepers, UDon Juan de Marco), igcina umuzwa wemvelo osebenzayo kakhulu kusukela ngeminyaka yama-90s.

Ngaphandle kwesethi, ilukuluku lakhe lebhizinisi labonakala ewayinini I-Niebaum-Coppola, uhlobo lokudla I-Mammarella futhi ahlukahlukene amahhotela e-boutique eCentral America naseBuenos Aires. Futhi, njengomhleli, wasungula umagazini ngo-1997 I-Zoetrope All-Story, eshicilela izindaba nezindatshana zababhali abafana noTC Boyle, Amy Bloom, David Mamet, Steven Spielberg kanye noSalman Rushdie, ezihlanganisa inkomba yemibhalo.

Kusukela kuleyo ngane enovendle ethole umlingo we-celluloid nge-projektha engu-16mm kuya kumakadebona owakha kabusha i-utopia yasemadolobheni IMegalopolis, Umsebenzi kaFrancis Ford Coppola wenza i-arc ehambisanayo nejabulisayo: umndeni, isifiso sobuciko, ubungozi kanye nobucikoBambalwa abenzi bamafilimu abawine ama-Palmes d'Or amabili kanye nama-Oscar amahlanu—okuhlanganisa nomsebenzi oyingqayizivele wokunikeza isiqephu esilandelayo Isithombe Esingcono Kakhulu—futhi ngasikhathi sinye balolonge imboni kusukela inkululeko. Ifilimu yakhe, ehlangene nomculo kaCarmine, ithalenta lamaRoma kanye noSofia, kanye nesithunzi esimnene sika-Eleanor, siyaqhubeka nokusimema ukuthi sibuke i-cinema njengohambo lokuqala lomuntu.