TRAILER: Tetro...

Tetro is the newest film from legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, and it's his second film in 12 years, and is also his first original screenplay since The Conversation. The film, based from memories and emotions from his early life, though totally fictional, is the story of two brothers. It looks at the conflicts within their family, and features a great cast, spearheaded by indie darling, Vincent Gallo.

The film, shot in stark black and white, looks stunningly beautiful, and looks to be a return to form for the film maker, after last years Youth Without Youth, which, while not horrible, didn't really work as a film. Where other film makers seem to stick themselves in the creative mud, it looks like Coppola is attempting to get back to his roots, and with how great this trailer looks, I must say, I couldn't be happier. Check it out below!



“Fresh faced and naive, 17-year-old Bennie arrives in Buenos Aires to search for his older brother who has been missing for more than a decade. The family had emigrated from Italy to Argentina, but with the great musical success of their father Carlo, an acclaimed symphony conductor, the family moved from Argentina to New York. When Bennie finds his brother, the volatile and melancholy poet Tetro, he is not at all what he expected. In the course of staying with Tetro and his girlfriend Miranda, the two brothers grapple with the haunting experiences of their shared past.”

The film stars Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdu, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Carmen Maura.

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NEWS: Coppola Updates Tetro...

Over at the official website for Francis Ford Coppola's next film, Tetro, there is a new video blog from the set, in which he updates us on what exactly Tetro is and is about. There isn't much here, but seeing him talk about his 15 million dollar baby is exciting.

Here's the synopsis...

Tetro is the first “original screenplay” he’s written since The Conversation (not too shabby, that one). He then points the camera over to a new, unrelated script he’s writing. As we reported last year, Tetro follows two brothers, the titular eldest played by Gallo, the other by newbie Alden Ehrenreich, who endure “rivalries born out of creative differences passed down through generations of an artistic Italian immigrant family.” Also co-starring are Maribel Verdu (Pan’s Labryinth) as a love interest, and Carmen Maura (Volver) in a role originally intended for Javier Bardem, who not uncharacteristically dropped out. This is subject matter that Coppola knows like a glass of wine—referring to it as semi-autobiographical—and I get a damn good feeling about it. If only Michael V. Gazzo were alive to shout at Gallo about the good ol’ days.

Sounds good to me. What are your thoughts?

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