Me too. When you’re of Italian descent, it’s required viewing :)
Unfortunately, Coppola fully supported Victor Salva in tarnishing and destroying the lives of any children that brought charges against Silva for child molesting...and he was guilty.
Coppola went on a smear campaign against the children and their families.
Salva directed Jeepers Creepers, which I liked a lot...until I realized he was getting off on the ending and getting off on all the boys tortured in Jeepers Creepers II.
A great director Francis is, but hard to forgive him for what he did for Salva and against those boys and families...essentially bankrolling him,
To quote Coppola...“You have to remember, while this was a tragedy, that the difference in age between Victor and the boy was very small — Victor was practically a child himself”
Salva was 30 and the boy was 12.
Again, I LOVE The Godfather I and II. They were breathtaking in that I learned what humans could do to each other and how deceitful and cruel they could be...if pushed..and even if not pushed.
I think I was 13 when I first saw it. I’m 56.
He’s a genius. At least I think so. One can be a geninus and a monster.
And a lifetime achievement means....lifetime...and in that lifetime he did the horrible thing I mentioned above.
Awards for directing are one thing..anything that includes the world “lifetime” is another.
Plus he cast his daughter for GFIII!! :)
Have a good one!
Coppola has made some great movies, but as far as I’m concerned he makes some of the best wine that’s made in America. You’ve got to try Coppola Claret. You’ll agree. Just my $0.02. :-)