Coppolas, 10/17.
First, an online viewing tip. “Jaman is pleased to offer The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola’s award-winning 1974 paranoia masterpiece starring Gene Hackman.”
Gordon Coates has seen the 289-minute work print of Apocalypse Now and reports in the Guardian: “Scenes that, with expert editing, would become tense and compelling simply drift along aimlessly, interesting only to anoraks for the extra line of dialogue here and there. There are, however, gems amid the mass of footage, which leave the viewer wondering how Coppola could have taken the scissors to them.”
“WTTW National Prods has partnered with Roman Coppola’s Directors Bureau to launch Mission to Planet 429, a mixed-media comedy adventure series for kids 6-9 debuting at MIPCOM this week,” reports Ryan Ball for Animation Magazine. “The property will be available as a series of 104 11-minute episodes or 52 half hours for US public television and other media platforms worldwide in 2010.”
Continued reading Coppolas, 10/17….
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