Francis Ford Coppola’s Fruitful Old Crop 2 : “Tetro”

However mixed the results, Youth Without Youth clearly reinvigorated Francis Ford Coppola, and led to a far more grounded movie, a vigorous family drama made by an unquestionable master. Tetro (a typically volatile Vincent Gallo) is a writer who has abandoned his family, his art, and even his real name- Angelo Tetrocini- to hide in …

Francis Ford Coppola’s Fruitful Old Crop 1 : “Youth Without Youth”

In pre-WWII Romania, 70-year-old scholar Dominic Matei (played by Tim Roth) is struck by lightning and burnt to a crisp on Easter Day- a day when, we are told, anyone who dies goes straight to Heaven. Something even more unlikely happens: instead of dying, Dominic is endowed with seemingly supernatural self-healing powers. Charred skin heals, …