How Francis Ford Coppola (Almost) Revolutionized Hollywood
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I bought Francis Ford Coppola’s $800 case of wine and this is the result
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At this point, we're all just enabling this man's alcoholism.
The year is almost over, might as well end it having fun.
You realize he doesn't really drink that much wine, right?
@@andrewdyjach7305 Yes mostly he drinks Jameson.
Next month: The Dan Aykroyd filmography as he downs Crystal Head Vodka.
😂😂😂
I briefly dated a bartender who was 1) A very good bartender and 2) significantly younger than me and when I brought up FFC he was like "Oh, the wine guy makes movies?" Anyway, that's what I have to add to the conversation.
Wait until he finds out that the grill guy, George Foreman, was a champion boxer 🥊 :)
Chui-Ting Lee y’all are joking but this is genuinely news to me
Chui-Ting Lee wait what????!
And at that point you broke up with him. As would we all.
We thank you for your contribution.
the fact that i was excited to see this notification about a guy drinking wine with a coconut proves that we are truly living in the future
You just blew the covers off my whole life...
Living in the future...or the end times?
@@johnmiltonkeynes There IS no society - only nuts.
One redeeming quality of One From The Heart is the neon. After production wrapped the neon was put in storage until it was picked up by...Ridley Scott for Blade Runner! When asked how much of the neon Scott wanted, he said "all of it."
One from the Heart walked so Blade Runner could run.
Huh, cool.
@@Powerman293 in fairness blade walker would still probably be pretty good
I did not know that. Kinda like how The Shining re-used some of the snow from The Empire Strikes Back.
@@neonatalpenguin And how for the end of the theatrical cut for Blade Runner they used road shots from the opening of The Shining (unused shots).
26:50: thought he was going to say: "I'm talking about One From the Heart which is what made Coppola lose all of his money while drinking his wine, which made me lose all of MY money"
Same
Nah, this is just Patrick blowing the money he saved on food at the parents' place ;)
Same
I’m conflicted about Charle wobbling. On one hand, it kind of breaks the joke of Patrick being insane but on the other hand, it’s adorable af
I don't think it breaks the joke as the whole video goes for subjective storytelling from Patrick's POV, so I figured this is what he sees. Whereas Matt would have seen Charl just sitting there
It doesn't really break the joke for me. There are plenty of logical reasons for a coconut on a table to spontaneous wobble on a table: like a sudden gust of wind, or bumping the table, or stamping your feet too hard.
I see it as similar to Calvin and Hobbes, without Matt’s outside perspective we can experience Patrick’s imagination
It's not a joke..
@@richardrude2819 Yeah, I think from now on we're going to see the world more from Patrick's POV rather than just an outside observer
I for one hope my ad revenue share goes towards further wine box purchases
imma be honest i was not expecting this crossover.
@@retroforager Agreed. Was suggested Willems by a professor and all of a sudden here's "My name is Simon Clark and I have a PhD" who's also a Dr in an unrelated field of study
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In defense of "One From the Heart", it's the movie where Tom Waits met his wife, which led to one of the most brilliant run of albums ever. That alone is enough to justify the film's existence.
Now to Wikipedia to confirm this comment! Because it's life changing.
Imagine what wine snobs feel when they watch Patrick drink this expensive stuff while obviously not having even the slightest idea what he is doing
It's Napa Valley wine... The snobs won't care.
These work out to $31 per bottle. That’s certainly more than I pay for wine, but hardly the “expensive stuff” that would cause the experts to care that he doesn’t know what he’s doing.
Probably what Charl feels about us judging Patrick.
They're too busy believing their own bullshit. Studies show that even wine experts can't tell the difference when they can't see the labels.
I think that's part of the joke. He lists this big long description of the wine, all this poetic imagery, and he has a one word response to it.
I fricking loved every single thing about speed racer.
Nobody believes me when I say speed racer is a hidden gem but whenever I get someone to watch it they all love it.
Beat me to it.
I did end up seeing it and it is a gem.
Loved Speed Racer. I got it on DVD the day it came out. The other film I absolutely love is Ryuhei Kitamura's Versus (2000)
@@Mathadar Truth and Facts!!!! 💯💯💯💯
That thumbnail belongs in a modern art museum
When Charl closed the door on Patrick at the end... I felt that.
The tragedy of it all is that Coppola was really onto something with his idea for Zoetrope Studios. If he had just been more responsible in his approach to making it happen and hadn't bet the farm on one picture it could have really been something.
This is pretty much like the Beatles with Apple Records.
Yeah. An employee-owned film studio would’ve genuinely been a godsend to the medium.
@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormickespecially right after Heaven's Gate destroyed United Artists!
Anyone else start to think that Charle is Patrick’s Tyler Durden.
Perhaps it's the opposite. I'm starting to think that it is Patrick who is Charl's Tyler Durden.
Maybe we're all figments of Charl's imagination. Cogito ergo sum? More like coconut ergo sum.
Nevermind Charl, I was sad to see nothing from the real rising star here this week--the drone! Where's the drone shot?
I like how you emulated Gordon Willis's lighting. Great touch. *chef kiss*
The Academy’s Cinematographers branch: *_”Fuck that guy.”_*
@@Wired4Life2 Pardon? I thought he was very respected.
@@blokey8 Between 1970 and 1977, Willis was D.P. on 6 films that garnered a total of 39 Oscar nominations and 19 wins, including 3 Best Picture winners. Willis didn’t earn a Best Cinematography nomination for any of them.
@@Wired4Life2 so he was Deakins before Deakins? As well as also just being a masterful cinematographer, of course.
@@blokey8 At least Deakins got to be a 13-time bridesmaid before becoming a 2-time bride. Willis wasn’t even invited to the most popular weddings he had a hand in.
Patrick: "And if it's a movie you've been putting off watching for years because it feels like homework, just watch it now! It rules"
Me: (sighs and sees if Apocalypse Now is streaming)
You can rent it on amazon prime (or you can buy the DVD)
You want the BFI player’s theatrical cut, not the other nonsenses
It’s on HBOMax. The theatrical cut, the good one.
I've watched Apocalypse Now with people who'd never seen it 5 or 6 times and they always tell me they were surprised by how funny parts of it are. It won't feel like homework, you'll be drawn in from the jump!
It's intense - unlike any homework I ever had.
As someone who has done video production work for Francis Ford Coppola Winery, I can tell you it is not easy filming wine bottles in interesting ways, but you’ve done a nice job here.
I'm a bit disappointed you didn't talk about the Conversation more, such an amazing movie that I never see get as much love as it deserves. I watched it for the first time on a double bill with Save the Tiger. What a spectacular night of 70s drama that was.
"I have had too much wine"
And I breathed a palpable sigh of relief...
I hope the alternate universe that got Zoetrope Studios is doing well.
Probably lasted only a few decades, but it's success would inspire much more projects like it to exist.
In the alternative universe it got into finantial trouble later on, got bought by Donald Trump and went mainstream. In this universe Donald became a full-fledged producer and went down together with Harvey Weinstein.
Damn you actually made me melancholic for a movie I hadn't even heard about before today.
Can some company make the trashy version of the TCM wine club? Like, a collection of Michael Bay and Zack Snyder themed light beers that are just ripoffs of Bud Light and Pabts Blue Ribbon? And like, a single half empty can of Red Bull?
Big Blue Boy Scout I feel like Christopher Nolan drink club would be Starbucks Refreshers or the coffee drinks, I don’t know why or if that’s accurate.
A package of Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers bundled with a twelve-pack and limited-edition engraved can spike for shotgunning each one.
@@katherinealvarez9216 I'd have thought the way to accompany Nolan would be classy beer... actually I'm trying really hard to gauge what kind of beer Nolan would drink. Pale? Amber? Dark?
If a beer company/shop from the UK sees this, please make it happen. I will hammer down the door to the Classy Movies Beer Club.
Tarkovsky would be a bottle of vodka spiked with GHB
@@katherinealvarez9216 i think Nolan pairs with gin 😂
Use old-fashioned Netflix to get those rare DVD movies. They still offer that service!
I still have mine. I've been using for years.
“What wine do you pair with apocalypse now?” The sangria from Climax
22:19 So that's where that scene from Blade Runner 2049 got its inspiration from!
Speed Racer is probably my favorite movie. i liked the cartoons as a kid and the movie being the closest thing to a live action cartoon i've ever seen was amazing, also i end up crying multiple times because of the sincere emotion this movie delivers. my only complaint is that we never got that amazing scene in the cartoon where Speed asks Racer-X if he's his brother, and Racer-X just punches him in the face the peaces out, i know it doesn't tonally mesh with the rest of the movie but it would have been hilarious.
Cassis, rhymes with geese. Basically a really sweet blackcurrant taste. Not that I understand tasting notes either.
It's also an area in France that makes its own wines (not reds, ironically). To add to the confusion they also have Cassis (blackcurrant) liquors, and Cassis festivals* (for the liquors).
I can't remember for sure but I think they call the fruit in its natural state Cassis too, so I'm guessing you're right and it's Cassis = blackcurrant.
But I'm not into wine tasting either, there are only 3 categories for me: tasty booze, icky booze and danger booze (usually a formerly tasty booze that ended so badly I can no longer drink or even smell it).
*We were lucky enough to stumble into one on a road trip, and all came home with bottles of the stuff, which we mostly used as boozy ribena! (add it to prosecco if you're feeling fancy!) That was a very happy accident 😁
Helen L thank you for this informative essay. “Danger booze” will forever be in my vocabulary. Especially because I have some of that in my apartment right now...
It's quite popular over here in Japan (and Korea). I've never known how it was pronounced in English until now, even though I've been here for the better part of a decade. Thank you.
I really want Megalopolis to happen and finally come out. And I want it to be successful. Francis needs his due.
As a former EPCOT cast member, Captain EO was my favorite attraction to work. I got sent there one week after I was injured on the job. Easiest week I ever had, and I got to hear a bunch of neat music.
I miss it so much😢
"The Godfather swept the Oscars."
CABARET WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION.
Such an easy fact to research
RIP Speed Racer. I absolutely loved that movie when I watched it in college. God bless the Wachowskis and their big, earnest projects.
pretend to be anything you want lol
I like how he lights each part of the video based on the notable visual style of each movie he's talking about. Good one!
>Francis Ford Coppola’s Finian's Rainbow, a movie about a Leprechaun solving racism in America by turning a white senator into a black man.
Patrick (H) Willems: With the world the way it is, that idea might be crazy enough to work...
Me: Wait, what?
It's true. It exists, and it ain't half bad if you take the time period it was written (as a musical in 1947) and filmed (1968) into account.
joe biden is a racist so maybe it would work, or you ain't black!
Small nitpick, but- What’s so interesting about The Godfather’s Oscar though is that, strictly speaking, it did not sweep the Academy Award, as it only won 3 Oscars. Cabaret was the real favorite that year, winning more than twice that amount.
Why am I so engaged in the mystery surrounding a coconut with google eyes?!!!!
Well, Patton's best screenplay win helped assure him in the eyes of the studio while shooting the first Godfather
Apocalypse Now is paired with LSD, not wine.
Damn, I am so excited for part 2. This might be Patrick’s masterpiece ngl
Cassis is French, it’s just black current. Both black current jam and the liquor called cassis will give you the perfect idea of what they are referring to in terms of flavours and aromatics. Cassis is also very popular in Japanese izakaya for making cocktails.
The more you know! 😉
Okay, so I've been going saying that Martin Scorsese said how the Star Wars movies kept George Lucas from becoming a great film director, but I was completely wrong. Coppola said that. So let that be known, I have to check my sources.
I see what he means... but when given free reign, Lucas made a lot of storytelling and filmmaking choices on the Prequels which I disagree with. Unless Coppola meant that he lost his mojo and interest?
Alec Ferris no, he meant that the Star Wars movies kept Lucas from making art. So, I don’t think he’s a fan of Star Wars. Or other genre movies from the looks of things. Which is okay, it’s Coppola. I don’t agree with him, but I’m pretty sure he knows more about film making than I do. Yes, even after Jack.
@@katherinealvarez9216 ah, I see. Actually I have read that the first print of ANH was screened at Coppola's house and everyone rinsed it... except Steven Spielberg.
Alec Ferris yup, they dramatized it in a podcast, Blockbusters
@@katherinealvarez9216 that's the name of the podcast? Interesting, I might look it up
One from the Heart, and New York New York, and Speed racer are all movies that make me feel so sad. But with saying that, I think they're important steps in the career of these filmmakers because they then had to pivot in order to move forward and I find that to be really inspiring. If One from the Heart functioned correctly, I'd be so excited because at least from this video, it looked pretty gorgeous. Im glad I finally got to watch a Patrick video essay on the day it was release, I've been binging these all september.
I feel that Lars Von Trier's Dancer In The Dark nailed that balance of Hollywood musical and social realist cinema. And it won the Palme D'Or at Cannes and was Oscar nominated.
GODFATHER didn't sweep the Oscars in 73 - 11 nominations only 3 wins.
CABARET was nominated for 10 Oscars and won 8, including Best Director for Fosse
Patrick, would love to see you describe the alternate universe where Lucas directed Apocalypse Now and Coppola directed Empire Strikes Back
Coppola’s Empire Strikes Back is something I’d give anything to see. Imagine what the cave scene could have been with the kind of psychedelic filmmaking techniques he used for Apocalypse Now.
The content has honestly gotten better since you left the Marvel/pop culture stuff behind. Not that that stuff was bad, but this stuff is so different and unique on CZcams - I love it. Keep it up mate
Watchmen reference. Haven’t seen anybody pick up on it yet. So well done Patrick. Somebody noticed.
Wait... what? Where?
@@andrewgwilliam4831 Ditto. Fake Channel, enlighten us?
“And the world looked down and whispered no”...when pats talking about One From The Heart. In watchmen (at least the graphic novel can’t recall if its in the film or not but I believe it is) Rorschach says that some day the whores and the crooked politicians are going to scream help, and he’ll look down and whisper, “No.”
Apologies for late reply
@@thechroniclesofthesuperhob167 Yeah, that's in the movie.
almightycinder ah, I wasn’t sure. Thought it was but wasn’t sure
The only Francis Ford Coppola movie I've seen is Jack starring Robin Williams, so every time I hear his name I think... "Oh, the guy who made Jack."
My dude, go see 'The Godfather'!
What are you doing in your life?
@@starkingbiker Watching Jack.
@@afonsolucas2219 I'm worried it'll ruin my perception of Francis Ford Coppola.
@@BaronXooper You can't ruin it anymore than it already is hahaha
Whenever it’s mentioned that George Lucas was set to direct Apocalypse Now, why doesn’t anyone ever connect it to Star Wars? He’s said repeatedly that the Rebels vs The Empire dynamic is straight out of the Vietnam war. Is it a stretch to think he decided to make a Vietnam movie for kids instead of one for adults?
Because everything Georgie boy says is self-serving bullshit.
@@karlkarlos3545 he made two of the best prequels of all time: Clone Wars and Young Indiana Jones
@@thomasffrench3639 Eh? What?
I’d love for this to become a series, analysing a film directors career. Another director who shared a kinda similar rise and fall, was Born William Friedkin. Who is my favourite filmmaker.
Love your videos Patrick, I always watch them to relax after making a short film. 👍
I've long thought it interesting that it was George Lucas that actually achieved Coppola's dream as far as independent filmmaking goes.
Yep. Say what you want about the prequels, but there are 100% George's vision.
I could do with an entire video about Apocalypse Now. Watching the Final Cut was probably my most interesting cinema experience last year and I have spent a lot of time with Heart of Darkness, it's source material, this year.
Same. If you want tiding over, the Beyond the Screenplay podcast (by the Lessons From team) has an excellent episode on Apocalypse Now. Obviously it's mostly about the script, but they dive deep and it's very satisfying.
Cinema tayler has you covered there
That’s one of the movies I wish I could wipe my mind of and experience for the first time again. Literally nothing else like it.
Wooo been waiting for this. Not enough people talk about his 80s stuff
As an Alcoholic myself, I always try to find the positive in any situation: COVID had me discovered this channel.
Word of advice don’t be an alcoholic and don’t look to Patrick as a good role model
@@jamesward3859
Maybe try not to be so passive aggressive with your snippy "advice"
I really love these Patrick! Thank you and whatever team is helping edit/research these. Amazing channel
I feel confident enough to say not enough Charl.
12:13 are we gonna skip the part where the studio allegedly had to acquiesce the Mafia for the movie never say “mafia” or mob?
"Shit, I didn't decant /any/ of this!" rofl
It's funny that this was with the Conversation, because I was paired to that movie when I did my first TCM Wine Club box.
I love how this goes full circle.
I have been so excited for this, and you did not disappoint! Can't wait for part 2
12:00-12:03 *Stares in Cabaret and the EIGHT Oscars it won, including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography and Best Director*
Honestly, Patricks videos are the most entertaining, yet in depth and intellectual videos on the internet... Did I mention how entertaining they are? The balance is just perfect. Never stop.
It's amazing when your favorite CZcamsr quotes your favorite musician (Neil Tennant from Pet Shop Boys)
Nice to see another video uploaded. Keep up the amazing work, Patrick! 😀
this channel is soooo awesome!! thanks!
Sounds to me like you also described Michael Cimino's career. In the seventies he too was granted creative control and was regarded as one of the best only for it to come crashing down with Heaven's Gate. RIP Senor Cimino.
This is your best work yet, Willems! Love it.
Listening to Pat try and say Cassis and Anise is killing me. You need to treat yourself to a Kir Royale for some breakfast-appropriate movie.
I absolutely loved this! Can’t wait for part two
This is fantastic. As always! Thanks Patrick!
6:25 *when you realize coppola did horror for the start*
8:03 14:03 props for limp bizkit reference
12:43 heh I get it....matt wines
The authors' theory was created by the critics of the French magazine Cahiers du cinéma. The most famous of which are Truffaut and Godard ... Sarris gave a name to this theory and popularized it in the USA but did not create it
I feel a wonderful opportunity was missed, skipping straight by _The Conversation_ with barely a mention before going straight to _Apocalypse Now_ - Patrick's situation is a lot more like Harry Caul's than Capt. Willard's. Unless I stopped the video too soon, and it's going to end with [SPOILERS for _The Conversation_ ] a take on Caul's final, long, drawn-out wig-out, tearing out the walls and floorboards before collapsing in exhaustion and defeat, playing the saxophone.
Patrick, One From The Heart is a masterpiece! I'm sad you can't see that.
(It's also arguable a musical as the songs by Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle reflect the interiority of the characters.)
dude! your videos are top quality! thank you for all the GREAT content
I love watching someone who knows a lot about cinema but absolutely nothing about wine try and sound equally knowledgeable about both
This is a wonderful video! Thanks so much for making it. I'm definitely gonna be there for part 2.
Btw, you've clearly got way more experience with this subject than me, but as someone who has occasionally patronized the "On Sale" aisle at the liquor store, I can testify that decanting really does improve the taste of red wines. The cheapo stuff, that is. Don't know if it would do anything for $800 wine.
I’m pumped. You are the best.
The thing about Charl, is that Charl don't surf.
This IS the content I've been waiting for!
What an appropriate video to have talking about Nebula, since it's destined to crash and burn about as hard as Coppola's studio did
But people like EposVox and Patrick are shilling it to me so it must be stable!
@@Powerman293 just ask Blip how they’re doing
Super pedantic point but I have to make it. Andrew Sarris didn't create the Auteur theory. He merely popularized the already well-known theory that was created by Andre Bazin and expanded upon in his magazine Cahiers du Cinema by his acolytes, most notably Francois Truffaut.
A new PHW video really makes one’s day much better.
Great final shot
I've been waiting for this one!!!
Yes was so waiting for this
Patrick describing wine is making my day!
this is just what was needed today. also dang what happened with one from the heart is some heartbreaking stuff...yup.
Haha! I love the play on, "One from the Heart" and "Too/Two on the Nose" at 23:48
Patrick ur videos are something else (: keep em coming
This is very unrelated to the topic of this video, but I just wanted to let you know Patrick that I really like that flower button up you were wearing at the end of the video during the ad read, very nice👍... also the video was good too.
I've been waiting for this
No one is making video essay content that's as both insightful and f***ing out there as Patrick's right now and it's awesome.
I drop in on this channel every now and again, and the recap at the beginning is always perfectly chaotic and makes no sense.
I loved the Speed Racer callout. I was half-expecting it to come. :)
Shocked The Beatles from 1962-1969 wasn’t counted among “imperial phases”.
Also, “swept the Academy Awards”? _The Godfather_ only won 3, very akin to the hauls of most 2010s Best Picture winners, and could’ve very easily lost to _Cabaret,_ given that film’s haul.
The Beatles from 1962-1969 isn't an imperial phase because it's basically their whole career.
@@BrendanJSmith Exactly. 1.000 winning percentage.
@@Wired4Life2 but it's not a phase.
@@BrendanJSmith Okay then, “imperial career”.
FINALLY! I've now become a TCM wine enthusiast thanks to this crazy man.
Dear Patrick, eventhough i am not quite a wine connaisseur, i am french, and though i can tell you that the words "cassis" and "anis", you pronounced greatly (both as in the word "crisis").
Moreover, I only discovered your channel a few days ago and fell in love w/ it. I really love your content (and your parents are very funny). For now i have not been able to watch your short-films and other cinematic creations, I listen to your reviews at work.
Anyway, you rule ! Keep that way of yours ! Best wishes for the future !
9:15 Here Andrew Sarris is credited with creation of the auteur theory of film criticism. I belive that Sarris coin term "auteur theory", but he not created it, not ever claimed to do so. What he did was to popularize approach of french critics (this is the reason for using french word "auteur") gathered around jornual "Cahiers du Cinéma" like André Bazin and Alexandre Astruc.
I mention it not to deminish value of mister Williems works, I wish to have 1/1000 of his knowledge of cinema and insights, but simply to pointing out a possible mistake or inprecise sentence.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahiers_du_Cin%C3%A9ma
That Godard mention made me wanna see a video of you talking about his filmography, or at least the Nouvelle Vague years
Next video: Charl blinks
Can't wait for part 2!