Godfather Director Laments Hollywood's Fall

October 14. 2009

 Francis Ford Coppola

"Godfather" director, Francis Ford Coppola, lamented the fate of Hollywood, stating the industry is dying and it will create mergers, combining the last few studios into three groups.

If Hollywood would stop being so irresponsible with its stars accumulating cases for assault, DUI and copyright theft, maybe audiences would be more inclined to support Tinseltown.

It's not a good look, when the Madonnas, Lindsay Lohans, Paris Hiltons, Britney Spears, Tom Cruises, the Quaids are caught engaging in vile behavior, the public has grown weary of. The public does not like supporting crazy people and or thieves.

Furthermore, look what Hollywood is giving the world in the way of entertainment. Sick gory films, perverted comedies that no one gets and viciously violent action films. People don't like walking away from a theater feeling emotionally unwell, for what they've just viewed.

Francis Ford Coppola Sees Cinema World Falling Apart: Interview

Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- “The cinema as we know it is falling apart,” says Francis Ford Coppola.

“It’s a period of incredible change,” says the director of “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now.” “We used to think of six, seven big film companies. Every one of them is under great stress now. Probably two or three will go out of business and the others will just make certain kind of films like ‘Harry Potter’ -- basically trying to make ‘Star Wars’ over and over again, because it’s a business.”

Coppola, 70, sporting a dark suit, is being interviewed in the Lebanese capital Beirut, where his latest movie “Tetro” opened the Beirut Film Festival after premiering at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

“Cinema is losing the public’s interest,” says Coppola, “because there is so much it has to compete with to get people’s time.”

The profusion of leisure activities; the availability of movies on copied DVD and on the Internet; and news becoming entertainment are reshaping the industry, he says. Companies have combined businesses as customers turn to cheap downloads rather than visit shops or movie theaters.

“I think the cinema is going to live off into something more related to a live performance in which the filmmaker is there, like the conductor of an opera used to be,” Coppola says. “Cinema can be interactive, every night it can be a little different.”...

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