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It was really time to grow up and sell out, as Lenny Bruce once advised.”
It was really time to grow up and sell out, as Lenny Bruce once advised.”
His father, Carmine Coppola, was a flautist, teacher, songwriter, composer, and conductor, who performed on The Ford Sunday Evening Hour. The show’s sponsor—Ford—was the middle name Carmine and his wife, Italia, bestowed on the second of their three children.
From the very first frame, Coppola sought to convey the main theme of the film: how Americans as a whole must rely on their family for what America fails to provide them, and in the case of the movie that family is Don Corleone.
‘A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns’?”
“He called himself a romantic writer with sympathy for the devil. He felt businessmen were far more criminal than the Mafia, especially the Hollywood moguls… [who] would cheat you blind if you let them.”
But there was one main difference, Coppola said. “I feel that America does not take care of its people. America misuses and shortchanges its people; we look to our country as our protector, and it’s fooling us, it’s lying to us.”
“That’s Luca Brasi,” said Coppola.
“Always remember three things: Have the definitive script ready before you begin to shoot. There’ll always be some changes, but they should be small ones. Second, work with people you trust and feel secure with. Remember good crew people you’ve worked with on other films and get them for your film. Third, make your actors feel very secure so they can do their job well.” As he left the set for the station wagon to return to his borrowed apartment, Coppola added one more thought: “I’ve managed to do none of these things on this film.”
