Francis Ford Coppola was admitted to the hospital in Rome, Italy.
The legendary author (86) went with a planned update procedure Dr. Andrea NataleA well -known cardiac doctor who has treated Coppola for more than 30 years. He should rest well now. The Hollywood reporter turned to the representative of the filmmaker and will be updated accordingly.
Coppola had just completed a six -city tour to support his film Megalopolis In cooperation with Live Nation. His last show, which included a demonstration of the self -financed picture and a Q&A, took place on Friday evening in the San Franciscos Palace of Fine Arts.
“I'm 85,” he said to the audience SF gate. “I lost my wife [Eleanor Coppola] A year ago, at this time. But my attitude to death is that I always lived my life so that I would not say that I would have done it when I was approaching at the moment, and I wish I had done that. 'Instead, I say to myself:' I have to do that. ' “
It is unclear at what point over the weekend he flew back to Italy, where he had spent this summer. According to the local media, Coppola performed at the Magna Graecia Film Festival, in which a demonstration by him organized Megalopolis In the Supercinema in Soverato (Catanzaro) at the beginning of this month. At that time, he said reporters that he also worked in a position to look for a new project. “I am here in Calabria to see some places for a new project that is very important to me” Reports said. “A new film that focuses on the beautiful things of the Calabria.”
Not much is known about the project, but Coppola teased that there was no mafia-based project like his legendary Godfather Trilogy. “Calabria is a region that is very famous for its mafia, but I am not interested in that. Instead, my film will only focus on the beautiful things in this region.”