Most Popular Books by Francis Ford Coppola

These interviews show how the director of The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II evolved from hotshot film maverick to elder statesman of American cinema.

Collects literary works integrating the worlds of film and fiction, incorporating original essays and featuring stories by Jennifer Egan, Pinckney Benedict, Peter Greenaway, Rick Moody, and Francine Prose.

THE PUBLISHING SENSATION OF THE YEAR FOR EVERY FILM FAN The never-before-published edition of Francis Ford Coppola’s notes and annotations on The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo reveals the story behind one of the world’s most iconic films. The most important unpublished work on one of the greatest films of all time, The Godfather, written before filming, by the man who wrote and directed it—Francis Ford Coppola, then only thirty-two years old—reveals the intense creative process that went into making this seminal film. With his meticulous notes and impressions of Mario Puzo’s novel, the notebook was referred to by Coppola daily on set while he directed the movie. The Godfather Notebook pulls back the curtain on the legendary filmmaker and the film that launched his illustrious career. Complete with an introduction by Francis Ford Coppola and exclusive photographs from on and off the set, this is a unique, beautiful, and faithful reproduction of Coppola’s original notebook. This publication will change the way the world views the iconic film—and the process of filmmaking at large. A must-have book of the season. Nothing like it has ever been published before

From a master of cinema comes this “gold mine of a book . . . a rocket ride to the potential future” of filmmaking (Walter Murch). Celebrated as an “exhilarating account” of a revolutionary new medium (Booklist), Francis Ford Coppola’s indispensable guide to live cinema is a boon for moviegoers, film students, and teachers alike. As digital movie-making, like live sports, can now be performed by one director—or by a collaborative team online— it is only a matter of time before cinema auteurs will create “live” movies to be broadcast instantly in faraway theaters. “Peppered with brilliant personal observations” (Wendy Doniger), Live Cinema and Its Techniques offers a behind-the-scenes look at a consummate career: from Coppola’s formative boyhood obsession with live 1950s television shows and later attempts to imitate the spontaneity of live performance on set, the book usefully includes a guide to presenting state-of-the-art techniques on everything from rehearsals to equipment. A testament to Coppola’s prodigious enthusiasm for reinvigorating the form, Live Cinema is an indispensable guide that “reenergizes . . . the search for a new way of storytelling” (William Friedkin).

In his debut graphic novel, legendary award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola brings Megalopolis to life with an all-new, reimagined story, adapted by Coppola with Chris Ryall and award-wining artist Jacob Phillips Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel is a unique 160-page graphic novel that presents an alternate version of Francis Ford Coppola’s visionary film, created and written by Francis Ford Coppola, adapted by Chris Ryall in collaboration with Coppola, and illustrated by Eisner Award–nominated cartoonist Jacob Phillips. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves. This graphic novel is a unique, standalone interpretation of the larger world Coppola created; or as Coppola himself put it, Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel is "a sibling of the film, rather than just an echo."

In May 1979, Francis Ford Coppola unveiled a ''work in progress'' cut of his film, Apocalypse Now, at the Cannes Film Festival. After winning the prestigious Palme d''Or, the convention-shattering film was nominated for eight Academy Awards and became a worldwide phenomenon. In 2001 Coppola introduced a new version - wholly re-edited from the original raw footage - that included forty-nine minutes of never-before-seen footage: Apocalypse Now Redux.Apocalypse Now relocates Joseph Conrad''s Heart of Darkness to the Vietnam War, focusing on the hazardous mission of Captain Willard to find and terminate ''with extreme prejudice'' a renegade American colonel in Cambodia.

El posible futuro del cine según Francis Ford Coppola, uno de los cineastas más grandes del siglo XX. Un ensayo trufado de experiencias personales que seducirá a los cinéfilos. En este libro, uno de los más aclamados cineastas modernos da un repaso exhaustivo a un nuevo medio audiovisual. El Live Cinema es una forma de arte en vivo y en formato digital que puede aportar calidad a la creación e innovar en su difusión por salas de cine de cualquier rincón del mundo. Su visión de este nuevo medio está trufada de observaciones e intuiciones magistrales, dada su larguísima experiencia en el séptimo arte: notas sobre las primeras décadas del cine, recuerdos sobre su fascinación con la televisión en directo de la década de los cincuenta, reflexiones sobre la dirección de actores, comentarios sobre la tecnología audiovisual más puntera... Por ello, este volumen funciona también como una suerte de autobiografía, ya que Coppola repasa sus triunfos y fracasos con una honestidad inusitada. Reseñas: «Una verdadera mina de libro, intensamente personal, a la par que un viaje astral hacia el futuro potencial del cine/teatro/televisión. Es una obra íntima y confesional y a la vez un pasaporte mágico al almacén de sabiduría del cineasta.» Walter Murch «Un libro que presenta de manera compacta el legado de Coppola, sus ideas innovadoras, la profundidad de su conocimiento y sus pasiones duraderas.» David Canfield, Entertainment Weekly «Las virtudes de Coppola como narrador, sea cual sea el medio de transmisión, son más que evidentes en este libro. Está plagado de párrafos donde su relación con el live cinema primigenio es tan reveladora como fascinante. El entusiasmo por el cine de este creador genial es contagioso.» Publishers Weekly «Un relato curioso y divertido sobre cómo un maestro en su campo se pelea con una nueva manera de comunicar el arte. Empieza el libro explorando la prehistoria de la televisión, cuando casi todos los programas llegaban a su público rodados en directo, y está trufada de apartes personales sobre cómo esta técnica lo ha perseguido a lo largo de su dilatada carrera. Igual que en sus películas, Coppola sabe contar una historia interesante. El live cinema, en su nueva encarnación, y todos aquellosa quienes pueda atraer, se van a beneficiar de la visión que Coppola tiene sobre el tema.» Michael Ruzicka, Booklist «En este libro novedoso y sorprendente, que son en parte unas memorias, en parte un diario y en parte una guía, Francis Ford Coppola se entusiasma (y entusiasma al lector) en su búsqueda de una nueva forma de contar historias. En El cine en vivo y sus técnicas se entremezclan elementos de la autobiografía de Coppola, su conocimiento enciclopédico del cine y la televisión, así como su proceso creativo en pos de un nuevo lenguaje cinematográfico.» William Friedkin

Offers the final script for Francis Ford Coppola''s 1983 film, including camera shots and instructions