Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese are two directors who surely belong on the Mount Rushmore of American cinema. Like the majority of the best artists, they are both stubborn without ever being negative. But it becomes clear that producers won’t be excited by the word “uncompromising” on a director’s resume.
But the purpose of everything he did was to assist him in developing into the kind of creative genius who could create movies like Apocalypse Now. He realized that in order to prevent his fellow visionaries from going through what he did, when he fought tenaciously with producers to eventually produce The Godfather, he had to spare them the pain he endured.
As a result, he will never forget the boost he gave Scorsese. Due to Boxcar Bartha’s poor box office performance, Scorsese was concerned about how he could make Mean Streets a hit while maintaining his creative independence. He was lucky to have a foundation of independent short films that made him popular with certain powerful people in the industry.
Are Martin Scorsese and Coppola friends?
In Hollywood, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola are best friends. Those guys have always been there for one another and have gone above and beyond to help one another succeed in an odd system.
