Screenwriting 101: Francis Ford Coppola

“When you make a movie, always try to discover what the theme of the movie is in one or two words. Every time I made a film, I always knew…

Screenwriting 101: Francis Ford Coppola
Excerpt from Francis Ford Coppola’s notes on the novel “The Godfather”

“When you make a movie, always try to discover what the theme of the movie is in one or two words. Every time I made a film, I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In The Godfather, it was succession. In The Conversation, it was privacy. In Apocalypse, it was morality.”

Francis Ford Coppola

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