Fresh Air
By NPR
Francis Ford Coppola On Making 'The Godfather'
Friday, 1 January
Coppola was 29 years old when he signed on to direct a film. "I was young and had no power," he said. "So [the studio] figured they could just boss me around." But Coppola fought back. He recalled the making of his masterpiece in a 2016 interview with Terry Gross.