Francis Ford Coppola, photographed on August 5 in Italy, photo: UFFICIO Magna Graecia Fil / Zuma Press / Profimedia Images
Francis Ford Coppola was admitted to an Italian hospital for a planned medical procedure, The Independent reports.
The legendary 86 -year -old director -known as the trilogy The godfather and movies like Apocalypse Nowwas in Calabria to present a projection of its controversial feature film last year, Megalopolis.
The Italian agency Ansa transmits that the American director had entered the operation this morning and was admitted to the Tor Vergata Hospital in Rome.
Coppola, whose wife, Eleanor, died in April last year, at the age of 87, recently ended a tour of the US cinemas, where she personally presented the film she personally funded and said she intends to come with a new version.
The film in which, among others, Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza and Shia Labeouf is a futuristic fable that draws parallel between contemporary America and the fall of Rome. Critics were divided on the film, when launched in Venice last year and Megalopolis It was a resounding failure in terms of receipts.
Coppola, in tour to promote their last movie
Earlier this year, Coppola told GQ magazine that he prefers to personally accompany the film's projections, instead of launching it on streaming platforms or DVD. Asked why he did not approve a launch for watching home, Coppola replied:
“Because the film is still broadcast in cinemas. I don't want anyone to hold it.”
“After the elections (no US presidential ones), people exhaust tickets to projections Megalopolis -exact as it was intended to be seen [în cinematograf]. Given that he was so prophetic or clairvoyant in saying that America is like Rome-that they might lose their republic-now people are in a hurry to see it at the cinema, “he added.
Coppola has spent part of the summer in Italy, partly because he has been looking for filming for a new feature film that he wants to start filming this fall, according to ANSA.
