Several similarly-themed crime/thriller movies followed in the next few years, including early efforts from directors Antonio Margheriti (Nude... si muore [Naked You Die] in 1968), Romolo Girolami (Il dolce corpo di Deborah [The Sweet Body of Deborah] in 1968), Umberto Lenzi (Orgasmo in 1969, Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] and Così dolce... così perversa [So Sweet... So Perverse] in 1969), Riccardo Freda (A doppia faccia [Double Face] in 1969) and Lucio Fulci (Una sull'altra [One on Top of the Other] in 1969), all of whom would go on to become major creative forces in the burgeoning genre. But it was Dario Argento's first feature, in 1970, that turned the giallo into a major cultural phenomenon. That film, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, was greatly influenced by Blood and Black Lace, and introduced a new level of stylish violence and suspense that helped redefine the genre. The film was a box office smash and was widely imitated.[41] Its success provoked a frenzy of Italian films with stylish, violent, and sexually provocative murder plots (Argento alone made three more in the next five years) essentially cementing the genre in the public consciousness. In 1996, director Michele Soavi wrote, "there's no doubt that it was Mario Bava who started the 'spaghetti thrillers' [but] Argento gave them a great boost, a turning point, a new style...'new clothes'. Mario had grown old and Dario made it his own genre... this had repercussions on genre cinema, which, thanks to Dario, was given a new lease on life."[42] The success of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage provoked a decade which saw multiple gialli produced every year. In English-language film circles, the term giallo gradually became synonymous with a heavy, theatrical and stylized visual element.[43]
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COPPOLA: Without a doubt. And I thought that the effects, the depiction of violence in "Bonnie And Clyde" always had an imaginative twist to it that it's one thing to see someone shoot someone, but if there's a detail - the way the blood turns into mist or the way, you know, something that you have - and I saw that in "Bonnie And Clyde" - I thought was just absolutely wonderfully done.
The plot of the movie, concocted by Coppola and Mario Puzo in a screenplay inspired by headlines, brings the Corleone family into the inner circles of corruption in the Vatican. Actual events - the untimely suddenness of John Paul I's death, the scandals at the Vatican Bank, the body of a Vatican banker found hanging from a London bridge - are cheerfully intertwined with the Corleone's fictional story, and it is suggested that the Vatican lost hundreds of millions in a fraud. We eavesdrop on corrupt Vatican officials, venal cardinals scheming in the vast Renaissance palaces that dwarf them, and we travel to Sicily so that Michael Corleone can consult with Don Tommasino, his trusted old friend, to discover who is plotting against him within the Mafia council.
California Coptic Christian and Muslim leaders on Monday denounced an anti-Islamic movie that has sparked violence in the Middle East, as the filmmaker and his family left their suburban home and went into hiding.
Coppola first caught the attention of critics for his screenwriting talent, earning his first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the movie "Patton". Two years later, he released what is considered by many to be one of the best films in history, "The Godfather." The movie, a three-hour epic that chronicles the trials and tribulations of the Corleon family, was a turning point in cinema. Paramount pictures initially wanted Italian director Sergio Leone to direct instead of Coppola, but Leone declined. At first, Coppola had no interest in directing the movie, fearing it would glorify Mafia violence and reflect poorly on his own heritage, but eventually accepted. However, he faced many problems while making the movie. Coppola vehemently advocated to cast Marlon Brando in the starring role, but Paramount disagreed and wanted Ernest Borgnine or Danny Thomas. It took Coppola pleading with executives and the negotiation of a significantly smaller salary than Brando was used to to get him cast. Coppola has described the movie as difficult to make and very unappreciated during filmmaking. He was always on the verge of getting fired, and was made to feel as though he would never be successful or make another movie ever again. The Godfather went on to win Coppola his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director. The movie won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture, as well as Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Screenplay. The film is routinely at the top of polls and lists of the greatest movies of all time. He made two more installments, "The Godfather Part II" in 1974 and 1990's "The Godfather Part III," which met similar successes as the first one.
Outside of The Godfather trilogy, other career highlights that fetched him accolades and fans include The Conversation (1974) and Apocalypse Now (1974), each earning him a Palme d'Or Award. One of only eight filmmakers to win two Palme d'Or awards, Coppola has won five Academy awards out of fourteen nominations in total. Later on, he successfully translated his success from the 1970s to the 1990s directing Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), which turned out to be a blockbuster and won three Academy Awards. The last movie that he helmed in the decade was The Rainmaker (1997), an adaptation of the John Grisham book by the same name. He then took a ten-year hiatus, returning behind the camera with 2007's Youth Without Youth, which was critically panned and another box office flop for the veteran director.
Coppola and his family expanded into winemaking in 1975. It started when he bought the former home and vineyard of Gustave Niebaum in Napa Valley, California for $2 million which is the same as around $12 million after adjusting for inflation. He used the proceeds from the first Godfather movie to start his winery, and produced wine under the Niebaum-Coppola label. The initial purchase did not include hundreds of acres of grapes next to the property. When that land came up for sale in the early 1990s, he actually did not have the money to make the purchase. He was able to line up a bank loan and then agreed to make 1992's "Bram Stroker's Dracula" to clear the debt. He purchased the Inglenook Winery chateau in 1995. Its grapes are entirely organically grown. A third winery, family-friendly Francis Ford Coppola Winery near Geyserville, California, boasts swimming pools, bocce courts, and a full restaurant. Coppola purchased the Vista Hills winery in Dayton, Oregon, in October 2018. 2ff7e9595c
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