The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

ISBN-13: 9780063037847 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 400 str.

Sam Wasson

Recenzje

"A bittersweet bundle of Quixotic reach exceeding an ambitious grasp. The focus is Coppola's Zoetrope studio, and it's painful, all over again, watching a personal vision surrender to a Hollywood no longer interested." - Chicago Tribune

"Enthralling . . . . A complex portrait of an artist whose unwillingness to compromise cost him dearly. Movie buffs won't want to miss this." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A vivid biography of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and his production company, American Zoetrope . . . . A memorable portrait of an artist who has changed the cinematic landscape and whose work will endure." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Of all that has been written about Francis Ford Coppola, this book most accurately captures the film director's chaotic life . . . . Wasson has written a string of successful books about the entertainment business [...] but this one might be his best so far. Rich in detail, it's full of surprises and revelations, and impeccably researched and documented. For fans of books about moviemaking in general, and Francis Ford Coppola in particular, this is required reading." - Booklist (starred review)

"This new book by Sam Wasson (who already proved himself one of the great modern chroniclers of the New Hollywood era with the Chinatown making-of story The Big Goodbye) chronicles the road to heaven Coppola trod after descending to Hell with Apocalypse Now. The Vietnam War epic is already the subject of much reporting, but Wasson boasts unprecedented access to Coppola's personal archive-as well as a first-hand look at the making of a movie we can't wait to see." - Entertainment Weekly

"A gripping new book . . . vividly chronicling how the director leveraged his two great movies into an assembly line of cinema." - Deadline

O autorze

Sam Wasson is the author of six previous books on Hollywood including the New York Times bestsellers Fifth Avenue, Five A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern American Woman and The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Days of Hollywood, and Fosse, the basis for the limited series "Fosse/Verdon." With Jeanine Basinger, he is co-author of Hollywood: The Oral History. He lives in Los Angeles.