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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