comment #1

Craptastic says ...

What was the aftermath to the whole break-in story where all of the materials from this film were stolen? Did they ever catch the person or people? From what I understood, it sounded like the film was a bust due to the theft.

comment #2

The Pope says ...

Why do people bitch and moan so much about Coppola? So what that he isn't what he used to be? It's called life. It happens to most people eventually. I can think of no more than perhaps a handful of filmmakers who blazed away for more than ten years. Hell, even Shakespeare, Mozard and Picasso had off days. What I find so hilarious is that people think it is their given right to mouth off about him. As if their opnion or their berating him is going to turn things around. Let us be honest here, if one of us had even one tenth the talent he EVER had ... with all the trials and terrors of his life, could any single one of us claim with any degree of certainty that we would have turned out more better pictrues over a longer period than he did? And don't anyone begin their argument with ... "Yeah, but..."
The truth is that there is a law of diminishing returns. And while I do hope that Coppola will have a revival and once again pull something out of the fire (like Altman did, or Bunuel to name but two), it really doesn't matter to me if he doesn't. He has still made four giant films and I am happy that I have seen those films..

comment #3

Rosebudsthesled says ...

Alden Ehrenreich will be a movie star. You just watch. I can vouch for this personally since I did THREE SISTERS with him at school last year (he played Andre) and I have hung with him on numerous occasions. I cannot wait until the movie starts being advertised and I can tell all my friends "I know that guy!"

comment #4

va says ...

As a Coppola fan, I would like to give him a pass for "Youth w/o Youth." If Altman was forgiven for his absolute crap - "Popeye," "Quintet," - before his resurgence with "The Player," then surely we can hope that Coppola regains his footing with a new film after hopefully working out his atrophied eye with "Youth." He still has an earnest quality to his effort, and, with a $15 million budget, he's not in this one for the paycheck.

comment #5

jjgittes says ...

Jeff - I'M sorry, but you may have gone insane.

Something snapped in you after you saw YWY but not "Jack"?

I can't say I liked YWY but it wasn't hack work. If Coppola made another great film or two it wouldn't surprise me....at all.

I may not expect it .....but it wouldn't surprise me. Tetro sounds intriguing.

comment #6

jjgittes says ...

By the way - everybody always talks about Coppola's big 4 and rightly so (The Conversation to me is his best).....but damn he's made a lot of good to very good films - it's not like he has those 4 and nothing else.

The Rain People, Cotton Club, Rumble Fish, Tucker, GF III, Dracula, heck even The Rainmaker -that's a pretty intriguing resume before you even add in the masterpieces.

comment #7

filmfan says ...

Matt Dillon had to drop out due to scheduling conflict. Coppola mentioned that a while ago. It took him a while to find a suitable replacement. Gallo is a strange dude and I don't like his politics but I think that he is a good, intense actor. And I happened to like Youth. It isn't for everyone but if you like unusual films than you will appreciate this (I also liked Anthony Hopkins Slipstream which most critics didn't like).

comment #8

AJW says ...

Am I the only one who at least kind of enjoyed Peggy Sue Got Married? Even more so since Kathleen Turner said Nic Cage was drunk the entire time and stealing dogs (or whatever)?

comment #9

Edward says ...

Not only "Peggy Sue," but the very underrated "One From the Heart." I love that film, I watched it twice the same day when it was first released and went out and bought the soundtrack. I've probably seen it in the theater four or five times.

comment #10

MathewM says ...

If you check out the documentary, Coda on the Hearts of Darkness DVD you'll see that Youth Without Youth is an extremely personal film. Coppola was fighting back all of the demons of commercial cinema while making it. I haven't seen it yet but while I found Coppola coming off as pretentious in the doc, I have a hard time believing that there isn't something interesting to be found while watching the film at least for film geeks.

comment #11

MathewM says ...

I agree that Peggy Sue is a fun film. I haven't seen it in years but I would watch it anytime it was on cable when I was a kid. Coppola definitely nailed the right atmosphere in that film and it was a great vehicle for Kathleen Turner in her prime.

comment #12

corey3rd says ...

judging from the crappy job Sony Classics (THe Tank) did with Youth Without You, Francis slayed all those commercial cinema demons since more people will see it at Blockbuster on the first tuesday the DVD comes out in a few months.