These notes accompany screenings of Francis Ford Coppola’s </em>Apocalypse Now</a> on August 13, 14, and 15 in Theater 3.</p>
By the time of Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola, through his first two Godfather films, had become the American director most able to garner both critical acclaim and box office success. I would be loath to accuse Coppola of hubris, but the heights of his achievement led to an understandable ambition.

Posts tagged ‘Francis Ford Coppola’
August 12, 2014
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An Auteurist History of Film
Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now
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