Francis Ford Coppola He received the AFI trajectory award In a ceremony at the Dolby Theater that brought together legendary film stars.
In the ceremony Steven Spielberg He assured that The godfather It is “the best American film that has been made”, Robert de Niro He regretted jokingly that he has been chosen for the sequel and not for the original, and Harrison Ford as soon as he held the crying to reflect on his role on the tape The conversation of 1974.
“You, Lord, is incomparable. You have taken what came before and has redefined the canons of American cinema,” Spielberg said.
Coppola sat between Spielberg and George Lucaswhile actors and other filmmakers such as Spike Lee, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino and Morgan Freeman They turned to praise the Oscar winner.
“Dream dreamy with little money, storyteller who cost and lost millions. But tonight, the devil with the bankers and the bank,” Freeman said between laughs and applause.
Lucas, old friend and colleague of Coppola, gave him the prize. Both have known each other for decades and founded the American Zoetrope producing house, in 1969.
“You gathered a group of young film students, we joined. We moved to San Francisco in the hope of overcoming the system. And we did it. As the filmmakers of the dawn of art, we had no rules. We wrote them, and you held the pen,” Lucas said.
The thanks of Francis Ford Coppola after receiving the AFI award
Coppola remained Stoic for a good part of the ceremony while Hollywood praised him, until the time came to accept the award at the end of the night. He smiled as he approached the stage and thanked the attendees, among whom there were both relatives and stars of several generations.
“Now I understand this place that created me, my home, it is not really a place, you are: friends, colleagues, teachers, playmates, family members, neighbors, all beautiful faces are welcoming me again,” he said. “I am and will always be one of you”.
Coppola was the award -winning 50th of an award that was first delivered to John Ford in 1973.
The guests were served wine from the winery Francis Ford Coppola and, after dinner, faithful to their Italian heritage, a Cannolis trio. The actors who have worked with Coppola narrated what their work was as director, remembering how they were invited to participate and were educated about the cinema in a way that empowered them.
“He is very teacher. He talks about history and things and even about older films in the scene in which he was inspired,” he said Andy GarciaStar of The godfather III. “You are going to work with him in a movie, and you enter looking for a degree degree and you go out with mastery.”
The tribute of the AFI last year was for Nicole Kidman. Other recent winners include John Williams, Mel Brooks, Denzel Washington and Julie Andrews.
Source: Ambito
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