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FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA didn’t set out to make monumental movies. A graduate from UCLA who was enthralled by the European auteurs of the ’50s and ’60s, he formed the San Francisco- based independent production company American Zoetrope, desiring to direct and produce intimate, character-driven pictures. So while The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now cast long, deep shadows over the landscape of ’70s American cinema, it should come as no surprise that his personal favourite of his own films is 1974’s The Conversation. …
摘自《帝国》(Empire)2026年1月刊,Jamie Graham。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。