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'Tetro' Aspires to Opera but Plays Like a Power Balladnew
Francis Ford Coppola's latest is by no means as tragically ambitious as Youth Without Youth, thus it makes much less of a mess when it collapses under its own weight as Youth Without Youth does. In fact, what hampers Tetro is not its surfeit of ideas and narrative impenetrability but, rather, its insufficiency of thematic hooks and dramatic content.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
Francis Ford Coppola Talks About His Return to Smaller, More Personal Filmmakingnew
After a decade spent trying to mount a pair of costly passion projects, Coppola abruptly shifted gears and embarked on what he calls his "second career," which began with 2007's Youth Without Youth and continues with Tetro, the story of estranged brothers nursing the emotional wounds of their upbringing by a domineering orchestra conductor father.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-20-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tetro, Francis Ford Coppola
Range of Agesnew
Coppola comes off like a smart, striving grad student. Young again, you might say.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
02-27-2008 |
Reviews
Struck by Lightningnew
Francis Ford Coppola is back with an interesting, personal film that's not for everyone.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-21-2008 |
Reviews
A World of His Ownnew
Francis Ford Coppola's first film since The Rainmaker doesn't strike gold.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
02-15-2008 |
Reviews
Lost Youthnew
In interviews about Youth Without Youth, Francis Ford Coppola has described the film using words like "little" and "experimental," which seems his way of saying, "Take it easy on me, folks."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
02-12-2008 |
Reviews
Francis Ford Coppola Returns From Hiatusnew
I wish I could report that Youth Without Youth is a comeback of immense proportions and that Coppola has restored himself as a kind of genius auteur, but the film is far more difficult than that.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
01-30-2008 |
Reviews
Contrasts are 'Youth Without Youth''s Strengthsnew
At first blush, Francis Ford Coppola appears to be having a late midlife crisis.
Willamette Week |
Saundra Sorenson |
01-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tim Roth's Fountain of Youthnew
"I think it’s an interesting conversation Francis is having with the audience and himself," said actor Tim Roth.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
12-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wild 'Youth'new
Coppola's Romanian rhapsody is wacky but somehow absorbing.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
'Youth Without Youth': Techno-Tryoutnew
Coppola's sci-fi love story is uselessly anti-Hollywood.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Francis Ford Coppola: Like a Fine Wine
In his first film in a decade, Coppola explores the mysteries of youth.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
11-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
