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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

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