“A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can't get anyone to distribute them, they can't get anyone to see them, so they go to these thousands of film festivals. So I still believe that even though a young kid might be able to make a masterpiece or something that changes the direction of cinema, the issue of how to get it to people is still not solved.” PeopleBelieveStillsBigsMightKidsAbleBeautifulFilmYoungIssuesFinanceCinemaMasterpieceFestivalsI Still BelieveFilm Festivals Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“I just finished a film a few days ago, and I came home and said I learned so much today. So if I can come home from working on a little film after doing it for 45 years and say, "I learned so much today," that shows something about the cinema. Because the cinema is very young. It's only 100 years old.” IfsYearsLittlesSaidI CanShowsHomeTodayFilmYoungFinishedCinemaComing Home Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“When you make a film it is like asking yourself a question. When it is finished, you know the answer. Ultimately with all of cinema, we are just trying to learn about ourselves. I have always used the opportunity to make a film to learn more about myself, which I am still doing.” KnowsTryingStillsFilmUsedOpportunityAnswersAskingFinishedCinema Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.” PeopleThinkingMadeFilmMagicCinemaMovieFogMagician Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.” PeopleKindMomentsTogetherEmotionalEssenceExtraordinaryCombinationCinemaEditingAlchemy Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.” KnowsMadeFilmAffairCinemaLifelongLove AffairNever Stop LearningLifelong Love Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.” DoneFilmAudienceBrandsCinemaFilmmakerSequelsDistributors Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do.” WorldFilmTenCinemaImpressed Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies, which I enjoy myself, but I wanted to be the kind of filmmaker who wrote original work, sort of like a novelist would who deals with who we are and our times or our relationships.” WantKindWantedEnjoyBornDealsDoubtOriginalsCinemaNovelistsFilmmakerOur TimeWho We AreOur Relationship Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.” SexRiskBabyCinemaExpecting Author:Francis Ford Coppola
