Francis Ford Coppola´s advice... I don´t get it
see Trivia: "Don´t go" -- what the heck is he trying to say?
shareCoppola had a very difficult time when shooting "Apocalypse Now" in the jungle.
The experience drained him and he would not recomend anyone to shoot in the wild.
That's only his opinion.
ah thank you, now I understand.
shareI get his wisdom but hey man, fortune rewards the bold.
What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.
Fortune FAVORS the bold, but being bold won't protect you from yourself. If Coppola hadn't filmed Apocalypse Now in the jungle, his personal financial history would be totally different and he would be more successful. If the movie had been cheaper, it would have had better publicity and been more profitable. The Lost City of Z is not going to be an Apocalypse Now-sized cinematic masterpiece, so keeping spending under control is very important. All appears to be well with the production, however. Good for them, however they accomplished it.
shareWhere do you get the idea that TLCOZ isn't going to be a cinematic masterpiece? They did go to the jungle in Colombia, and shot for a month. They had to hike up and down mountains to get to the locations, they didn't just get in a van and hop out fresh as a daisy.
The WWI scenes they filmed outside of Belfast are supposed to be some of the most authentic ever filmed, from costumes to ammunition. The charges and explosions were real, not CGI. Gray is a stickler for authenticity, and the cinematography from the leaked sales reel is stunning.
http://66.media.tumblr.com/d3b7de7b4c4d80aee15c57112db10812/tumblr_nx67yzWov41rbviljo4_500.jpg
Gorgeous.
One of the women make up artists posted a brief account on her IG, outlining just a few of the ordeals they went through while filming:
“rock climbing mission-impossible-style to get onto the set, surviving 2 mini-tsunamis, a bus blowing up, a town closing down as a protest over Perol from Venezuela, being eaten alive by mosquitoes, hurricanes (with some almost being struck by lightening), hiking through the Amazon in the pitch black with one flashlight for every 10 people, water up to their waists while doing checks on actors sweating like they were all sitting in a sauna, and her driver who had no reverse gear on his vehicle capsizing the car into a ditch in a flood, white water was flooding like the Titanic. (Not to mention spiders the size of your hand.) All part of a day’s work on The Lost City of Z."
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This is why Coppola said "Don't go." Also he had a lead actor almost die on him.
you re gonna need a bigger boat.