Francis Ford Coppola talks MEGALOPOLIS, THE GODFATHER, DRACULA, & criticism I Happy Sad Confused

By the time he was 35, Francis Ford Coppola was the most celebrated filmmaker of his generation with THE GODFATHER films and THE CONVERSATION and every possible award and accolade to his credit. But in the 50 years since he's never stopped experimenting and risking it all for artistic excellence. Here talks to Josh about all of it, from the test screening that changed THE GODFATHER PART II to clashing with Gary Oldman on BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA to his decades in the making MEGALOPOLIS. #happysadconfused #joshhorowitz #francisfordcoppola #megalopolis To get early access to all of Josh's interviews, go to patreon.com/happysadconfused Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the channel so you don't miss any of Josh's interviews! SUPPORT THE SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! BetterHelp -- Go to BetterHelp.com/HSC to get 10% off ZocDoc -- Go to ZocDoc.com/HappySad UPCOMING EVENTS Andrew Garfield 10/4 -- https://www.92ny.org/event/andrew-gar... 10th Anniversary Event with Sam Heughan & David Harbour 10/17 -- https://www.showclix.com/event/nycc24... Anna Kendrick 10/22 -- https://www.92ny.org/event/anna-kendrick Listen to the podcast on... APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-sad-confused/id827905050 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cQa5xnTYHaIh6SAK4gW3w Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshuahorowitz Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshuahorowitz Josh on TikTok: @happysadconfused 00:00 Introduction 01:19 THE GODFATHER PART II 05:13 arc of his career 07:48 self-doubt 10:41 filmmakers who have helped 11:29 family 13:46 theater camp 17:07 Ad--BetterHelp 18:49 different casts for MEGALOPOLIS 19:58 reviews and criticism 23:27 relationship to his own work 26:53 STAR WARS 27:50 THE GODFATHER 30:44 BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA 32:25 PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED 34:31 passion 37:07 optimism 39:38 best filmmaking experience 41:30 question of MEGALOPOLIS