Gene D. Phillips Godfather

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This critical biography by the acclaimed film historian is ';certainly the definitive work on the director' behind The Godfather and Apocalypse Now (Publishers Weekly). Gene Phillips blends biography, studio history, and film criticism to complete the most comprehensive work on Coppola ever written. The force behind such popular and critically acclaimed films as Rumble Fish and the Godfather trilogy, Coppola has imprinted his distinct style on each of his movies and on the landscape of American popular culture. In Godfather, Phillips argues that Coppola has repeatedly bucked the Hollywood factory system in an attempt to create distinct films that reflect his own artistic visionoften to the detriment of his career and finances. Phillips conducted interviews with the director and his colleagues and examined Coppolas production journals and screenplays. Phillips also reviewed rare copies of Coppolas student films, his early excursions into soft-core pornography, and his less celebrated productions such as One from the Heart and Tucker: The Man and His Dream. The result is the definitive assessment of one of Hollywoods most enduring and misunderstood mavericks.