The LAMBs in the Director's ChairEvent #13 starring
Francis Ford Coppola
January 11th to 13th, 2011
Francis Ford Coppola has worn many production hats over the course of his filmmaking career. He has written screenplays, produced several films, worked as a production assistant on several movies during the early part of his career, as well as earning a notable career as a movie director. The range of movies within his career include such a strong variety of genres that it can be a bit surprising to consider they are all connected to the same director. There are a couple of horror films to his credit, a widely recognizable war film that he penned and directed, and a courtroom drama that was adapted from a John Grisham novel. With that kind of disjointed resume that includes an adaptation of a Grisham novel and a Dracula film credited to the same director leaves me with a raised eyebrow. It is not a bad list of any sort more than it is a hodgepodge pile of stories. Just about every single film that Coppola has been involved in since the beginning of his directing career holds some entertaining value for the audience to enjoy. The man is an award winning filmmaker who knows what he is doing. These days he has one more “career hat” that he wears. Did you know he owns and operates a wine vineyard? Yes, it is true! You can buy a bottle of wine from his vineyard if you are into that sort of thing. Just check out your local Target store or grocery store to see if they have a stock of his wines available. He appears to be following many passions in his life and being successful in everything he does.
Five-part Career Editorial (Flicker Myth)
Reviews for The Godfather, Part II (1974).
Review for Tetro (2009).
Reviews for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
On the final day of the series there will be a couple of reviews for Coppola's classic horror film Dementia 13 (1963) as well as the only war film in his collection, Apocalypse Now (1979).
