Even a Hollywood dynasty gets tired of watching its iconic movies.
“The Last Showgirl” director Gia Coppolawhose grandfather is iconic author Francis Ford Coppolasaid under Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast which she had to eventually look at “The Godfather“With one of her comrades because no one in her family was willing to visit it with her.
Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather”, as celebrated its 50th anniversary 2022, spurred Two sequelsconcluding with the 1990s “The Godfather: Part III.” Still, it took Gia Coppola a few decades to even see the first feature.
“I haven’t seen” godfather “until much later in my life because it was like a lot of pressure and threats,” said Gia Coppola, “but also my whole family had been a part of it and seen it, so no one really wanted to look at that with me. It wasn’t until my mid-20th century when I saw it. A friend who put me down and was like
And despite her delay in looking filmGia Coppola can’t help but admire it.
“I mean, it’s amazing,” Gia said Coppola about “The Godfather”, and added, “I hear so much about his process of it, like the stories I’ve heard over and over and over See (it) … I mean, it’s an epic. It feels like a novel, all the shades.
Gia Coppola also pointed out how Francis Ford Coppola’s film style and financing have affected his own indie career. Francis Ford Coppola recently financed his latest epic, “Megalopolis”, which led to Gia Coppola realizing that she did not have to participate in the “waiting game” in Hollywood Studio funding to make “The Last Showgirl.”
“I just wanted to do something,” Gia said Coppola. “I didn’t want to deal with the waiting game and” oh, you can’t have it because you need it “and the algorithm for what gets seen or who gives value and bullshit. So why not just go and make a movie like how (John) Kassaver used? My grandfather (Francis Ford Coppo
Gia Coppola earlier told indifire That her debut feature “Palo Alto” further tied her with her film family, which includes Aunt Sofia Coppola, Cousin and “Megalopolis” and “The Last Showgirl” distributor Utopia founder Robert Schwartzman and cousin Jason Schwartzman, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, which has a como, coming a com. a como II a como in “the last showgirl.”
“After I created ‘Palo Alto’ my grandmother (late Eleanor Coppola)The Her movie just came outAnd we shared this experience at the same time. We were both the first time filmmakers but from very different generations, but felt a very similar feeling, ”Gia Coppola said. “Being able to share this with my grandfather, who is obviously a professional on this, just to spend time with him is fantastic.”
