Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Book review - "Notes on a Life" by Eleanor Coppola (2008)

 Can't help but be interesting and there's some great stuff in here. Eleanor's feelings about being so overshone in her own family (by Francis and then Sofia), the death of Gino and her on going grief. Life can be pretty good when you're married to a superstar director - holidays with George Lucas in the West Indies, being invited to Brazil to help their country with their film industry, dinner with Gary Oldman and Tony Hopkins while making Dracula where they mimicked other actors, the tale of Godfather Three. Francis is always whining about being an artist versus commerce.

There are glimpses of sections where I was dying to know more - her jealousy when Francis flirted with another woman, references to their old financial troubles. So while the book has fantastic stuff I was always wanting more - it's like a meal that's not satisfactory.

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