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Vintage Coppola,fine wine and iconic films flow through legendary director's career.
上等的Coppola,好酒和經典影片流淌在這位傳奇式導演的事業之河中。
REVEALED:Master filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola relaxes in the grounds of his vineyard in California. He appears to be a man very much at peace with himself. An Oscar winner who is responsible for a series of films that have consistently been voted as being among the best ever to be made, to describe him as a living legend is no exaggeration. Born in Detroit in the year the Second World War started, a childhood illness left him bedridden for long periods.
〈揭秘〉---電影大師弗朗·科波拉在他位于加州的葡萄園里休憩。他看起來相當平靜悠然。身為奧斯卡得主的他，所拍的話多電影都一再被選為史上最佳片。因此，稱他為活生生的傳奇一點都不為過。他在第二次世界大戰爆發的那一年出生于底特律，兒時曾經因病臥床許久。
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, DIRECTOR AND VINTNERS:I don't think I was a very extraordinary person, certainly a very extraordinary kid. I, if anything, I had a good imagination, and I was just in love with science and girls. And that brought me to theater.
導演兼釀酒人弗朗西斯.科波拉：我不認為自己非常特殊，小時候也一點都不特別。如果要說我有什么特點，就是豐富的想象力，而且我熱愛科學和女孩子。我就是因此踏入了戲劇這一行。
REVEALED:During the 60s, he teamed up with a man who was going to have a long-lasting impact on his future plans. Alongside George Lucas, he set up film company American Zoetrope. The Godfather won three Oscars and is generally regarded as one of the greatest films ever. Coppola is quick to acknowledge the impact the film had on the rest of his life.FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, DIRECTOR AND VINTNERS:That project really changed my career to something very different than I would have imagined. I never would have thought of myself as, you know, kind of a more Hollywood or industry film director, or certainly not at that level of success.
〈揭秘〉---世紀年代期間，他與一個人合作，而且這個人對他未來的規劃產生了深遠的影響。這個人就是喬治·盧卡斯，他們兩人共同成立了美國西洋鏡這家電影公司。《教父》贏得三項奧斯卡獎，并且被公認為史上巨作之一。科波拉毫不諱言這部電影對他后續人生造成的沖擊。導演兼釀酒人弗朗西斯.科波拉：導演兼釀酒入弗朗西斯·科波拉拍攝那部電影對我事業的改變超乎我的想象。我從沒想過自己會成為好萊塢或商業電影的導演，至少從沒想過會達到這么成功的程度。
REVEALED:The Godfather was the first film in a trilogy. completed over almost two decades. For a lot of directors, it would represent an unsurpassable body of work, but Coppola had another masterpiece up his sleeve. An iconic scene from one of the greatest films of all times, set to the music of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyriesl, Apocalypse Now was an epic movie set during the Vietnam War. It was the film that nearly destroyed Francis Ford Coppola's fledgling career. Filming, which started in 1976, took the better part of three years to complete and ran into immediate financial difficulties. Against all the odds, the movie was completed.Alongside his first loves-family and film-Coppola has slowly been developing a new passion. In California's Napa Valley, ,he has his own vineyard, which has established quite a reputation. It was hailed as a masterpiece and went on to win numerous awards.Alongside his first loves-family and film-Coppola has slowly been developing a new passion. In California's Napa Valley, ,he has his own vineyard, which has established quite a reputation.
〈揭秘〉---《教父》是-套三部曲當中的第一集，整部影片歷經將近二十年才完成。對于許多導演而言，這么一整部的作品想必已是無可超越的一大成就。不過，科波拉卻還有另一部經典之作。這幕經典的畫面取自電影史上的一部偉大巨作，配樂是瓦格納歌劇《女武神的飛行》，《現代啟示錄》(注)是一部史詩電影，故事背景為越戰。這部片幾乎毀掉了科波拉才剛起步的電影事業。這部電影的拍攝工作始于1976 年，花了將近年才大功告成，并隨即遭遇到財務困難。不過，盡管困難重重，這部電影終于還是制作完成，結果被贊譽為經典之作，并且獲獎逛逛。除了自始至終熱愛的家庭與電影之外，科波拉也逐漸培養出一個新的愛好。在加利福尼亞州納帕谷，他擁有自己的葡萄園，目前已頗有名氣。
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, DIRECTOR AND VINTNERS:I realized then about, I don't know 15 years ago, that the movie business wasn't really a business, that it was a crazy activity in which you might have a lot of success one year, but you couldn't bank on it. And the wine business was really like every year you could do better than you had done the year before, and you could predict it.And I said, jeez, you know, that's... this is like a job. This is like a real job, and maybe I could use that to subsidize my own film, and I could be an artist, because how can you be an artist unless you have a day job? Oddly enough, the god of wine and the god of drama is the same god-Bacchus.
導演兼釀酒人弗朗西斯.科波拉：我差不多在15年前了解到，拍電影其實算不上是真正的事業，而是一種瘋狂的舉動。你也許會有一年大獲成功，但是你不能完全靠它。葡萄酒這個行業則是真正可以一年比一年進步，而且具有可預測性。所以我說，哎呀，這…這才算是一份工作，一份真正的工作。說不定我可以利用這項事業資助我自己的電影，這樣我就可以當個藝術家。畢竟，如果沒有全職工作，怎么當得了藝術家呢?巧的是，酒神和戲劇之神同樣都是巴克斯。
REVEALED:The vineyard has helped Coppola finance his latest film, Tetro, a saga of family fortunes. He both wrote and directed it.
〈揭秘〉---這個葡萄園資助了科波拉的新作《泰特羅》，一部描寫家族興衰的電影。這是他自編自導的作品。
