‘Drive-Away Dolls’ and Book Club No. 1—Francis Ford Coppola, ‘Apocalypse Now,’ and ‘The Path to Paradise’

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Sean and Amanda are joined by Ringer contributor and beloved “Mean Pod Guy” Adam Nayman to discuss ‘Drive-Away Dolls,’ the latest solo Coen movie—this time directed by Ethan and written along with his wife, Tricia Cooke (1:00). After that, it’s the first iteration of The Big Picture Book Club. Sean and Amanda dig into ‘The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story,’ what it reveals about the highs and lows of Coppola’s career, what it tells us outside of the already well-known mythology of Coppola, and—with ‘Megalopolis’ likely coming out this year—the ways it contributes to Coppola’s presence in the film zeitgeist in 2024 (24:00). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Adam Nayman Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did Don Draper really buy the world of Coke?
0:04.0	Did Tony Soprano really die or just order more onion rings?
0:08.0	The finales of our favorite shows can make us argue,
0:10.0	make us cry, and make us crazy.
0:13.2	From Spotify and the Ringer, I'm Andy Greenwald, and this is Stick The Landing, a new
0:17.1	podcast where we'll be telling the story of Modern TV backwards, one fade out at a time. Find Stick the landing on Wednesdays on the Prestige TV feed,
0:25.0	on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Sean Fantasy. I'm Amanda Dobbins. And this is the big picture, a conversation show from Apocalypse Now to Zoetrope.
0:45.0	Today on the show we have our first ever edition of the Big Picture Book Club.
0:50.0	We have read and we'll be digging into the Hollywood historian Sam Lawson's psychological episodic portrait of Francis Ford Coppola in The Path to Paradise, a Francis Ford Coppola story.
1:01.0	We'll talk Apocalypse Now, the Godfather Films, Hollywood in the 70s,
1:05.3	and one of the most fascinating minds in movie history. But first, let's dig into the latest
1:09.4	from another great mind of the movies, a Cohen brother, and joining us to do so is the great Adam Naman.
1:14.7	Adam, how are you?
1:15.8	I'm well, how are you guys?
1:17.8	I'm Dandy. How are you, Amanda?
1:19.7	I'm delighted to see Adam again.
1:22.1	Hello. Oh, I'm delighted to see Adam again. Hello. I'm delighted to see you guys.
1:25.6	Adam you're here because you are what are you the rabbi of the Coans? How do you how do you
1:30.4	define yourself when it comes to Cohen Brothers projects?
1:33.0	I learned about their movies yesterday.
1:35.0	I did see reading.
1:37.0	I went on Reddit.
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