One
of his era's most impassioned talents, Coppola was also one
of its most erratic; in both his
career and his personal life, he experienced euphoric triumph and shattering tragedy, pushing the limits
of the cinematic form with a daring and fervor which became the
hallmarks of not only his
greatest successes but also his most notorious failures.The son
of composer Carmine Coppola, he was born April 7, 1939, in Detroit, MI.
A wry nod to the way that many films, not least his own, are seen in Iran, it's a point
of grave concern, as well as vibrant humour; the apotheosis
of another
hallmark film in the
career of a
great filmmaker, and a resolute symbol
of defiance.