Francis Ford Coppola and 50 Years of American Zoetrope
Francis Ford Coppola and 50 Years of American Zoetrope
Starting March 5, 2020
Fifty years after the founding of American Zoetrope, we celebrate the studio and its co-creator, Francis Ford Coppola. Along with Coppola’s works, the series features films by George Lucas, Jean-Luc Godard, Akira Kurosawa, and more.
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The Conversation
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The Godfather
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THX 1138
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One from the Heart
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Kagemusha
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Koyaanisqatsi
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Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola
United States, 19724K Digital Restoration
BAMPFA Student Committee Pick!Thursday, March 5 7 PMView DetailsA chronicle of the life and times of an Italian American mafia family becomes a shadow history of the American dream in Coppola’s masterpiece, widely acclaimed as one of the best American films ever made. “Overflowing with life” (Los Angeles Times).
THX 1138
George Lucas
United States, 1971Saturday, March 7 8 PMView DetailsGeorge Lucas’s debut film is more 1984 than Star Wars. Robert Duvall stars as a rebel in a dystopian future where sex is illegal, robots are everywhere, and TV monitors keep the populace both sedated and monitored.
The Rain People
Francis Ford Coppola
United States, 19694K Digital Restoration
Sunday, March 8 7 PMIntroduction by James MockoskiView DetailsA disaffected Long Island housewife ditches her man, hits the road, and never stops heading west in Coppola’s striking early work, described as a female Easy Rider and overflowing with a loose energy that recalls the French New Wave.
CANCELED: Dementia 13
Francis Ford Coppola
United States, 1963All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been cancelled through March 29. Learn more
Saturday, March 14 8:15 PMIntroduction by James MockoskiView DetailsAn unwelcome visitor finds herself in the dank manse of a family haunted by its secrets in Coppola’s atmospheric tale of terror, produced and financed by exploitation guru Roger Corman.
CANCELED: The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola
United States, 1974All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
New 35mm Print!
Friday, March 20 7:30 PMIntroduction by James MockoskiView DetailsGene Hackman plays a crack wiretapper in over his head in Coppola’s formalist exercise in paranoia, set in a 1970s San Francisco where—much like today—privacy is elusive and technology can work both for you and against you. Winner, Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival.
CANCELED: Every Man for Himself
Jean-Luc Godard
France, Switzerland, 1980All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
Wednesday, March 25 7 PMView DetailsThis achingly lyrical film about the selling of the self revolves around three characters: a filmmaker, his estranged partner, and a prostitute. “A stunning, original work” (NY Times). With Isabelle Huppert and Nathalie Baye.
CANCELED: One from the Heart
Francis Ford Coppola
United States, 1982All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
Restored 35mm Print
Saturday, March 28 7 PMView DetailsFrederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, and Nastassia Kinski float through an even more artificial version of Las Vegas in Coppola’s lavishly surreal, giddily romantic valentine to a cinema of pure attractions. “A playful, delightfully unfathomable piece of magic” (Washington Post).
CANCELED: Passion
Jean-Luc Godard
France, 1982All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
BAMPFA Collection
Saturday, April 4 8 PMIntroduction by Tom LuddyView DetailsTwo directors create a film based on tableaux vivants of famous paintings, but find the true stories beyond the frames, in Godard’s essay on labor, love, and capital. Isabelle Huppert, Michel Piccoli, and Hanna Schygulla star.
CANCELED: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Paul Schrader
United States, 1985All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
New Digital Restoration
Friday, May 1 8 PMIntroduction by Tom LuddyView DetailsPaul Schrader’s riveting docu-fiction retells the life and death of Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima, supported by Philip Glass’s compelling score, Eiko Ishioka’s remarkable set designs, and a riveting Ken Ogata performance. “One of the most gorgeous and sophisticated portraits of an artist ever put on film” (New Yorker).
CANCELED: Kagemusha
Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 1980All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
BAMPFA Student Committee Pick!
Wednesday, May 13 7 PMView DetailsGeorge Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola helped produce Kurosawa’s big-budget return to epic filmmaking, involving a lord and his double (both played by Tatsuya Nakadai) trying to hold a kingdom together. “Probably the director’s most elaborate, awesome film . . . majestic, stately, cool, almost abstract” (New York Times).
CANCELED: Koyaanisqatsi
Godfrey Reggio
United States, 1982All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
Digital Restoration
Sunday, May 17 4:30 PMView DetailsKoyaanisqatsi (a Hopi word for “life out of balance”) is one of the most successful avant-garde films of all time, a spectacular montage of images of American landscapes, industrial sites, cities, and people propelled by Philip Glass’s classic score.