Coppola, Scorsese

At the request of my new fourth reader, I'm expanding my previous post on New York Stories. Coppola was one of the three directors who contributed a short film, a piece entitled Life without Zoe. It is quite possibly the worst film I've ever seen, especially considering how short it is. If there were ever a movie that could fit so much badness into such small-sized pith, Zoe would be the one.

Magnolia was also god-awful, but that was partly because it just would NOT end. So it had a lower ratio of badness per unit time.

Anyways, the conclusion after watching Coppola's segment was that it takes a giant to make a big splash. It really is very mind-blowing that ANYONE, let alone a legendary film genius, would think something like Zoe would be worth the oxygen it takes for one person to sit through and watch it. Truly, Coppola must be a genius, because he has no fucking clue what a normal person would think. Either that, or Sophia was mostly responsible for this disaster.

Having said all this, I highly recommend that everyone go out and see this movie.

Scorsese again. Little known fact about him: his career began when a student piece of his was discovered by producer Roger Corman, famed of Hollywood B sexploitation films. I guess there's a certain B valence to mob movies...nevertheless, the aetiology is a delicious one. Like a lovely orchid blooming out of the mire.