You know, sometimes you make a movie because of a sentence that you hear. In “Apocalypse Now” the sentence that made me make that whole movie, and pardon my bad language, is I read a quote where a general or someone says “We teach the boys to drop fire on people, but won’t let them write ‘f*ck’ on their airplanes because it’s immoral”.

I wasn’t a big reader as a youngster but as I became older I started to read much more and I had this happen that, whatever I was working on, I would try to find something that was nothing like it, so I could rest my brain. But what happened is, when I would read something that was nothing like what I was working on, instead of it resting my brain, it made me want to change what I was working on to be more like what I was reading!

The power of deliberately findind something to read that is nothing like what we’re working on.

In his first ever podcast interview, Francis Ford Coppola joins Ryan to talk about how Marcus Aurelius, Stoicism, and Epicureanism have impacted his life, both personally and professionally. Francis reflects on his legacy and why it was so important to complete his latest movie, Megalopolis (out September 27), after he began developing it in the early 1980’s. Francis almost abandoned it multiple times and ultimately ended up self-financing the project. Megalopolis is a sci-fi drama Roman Epic fable based on Cicero and the Catiline Conspiracy set in an imagined Modern America that stars Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Grace VanderWaal, Nathalie Emmanuel, Chloe Fineman, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, and more. As Francis says, “You can't go to New York without realizing it is covered with Roman buildings. So, my intent was to write a Roman epic set in a contemporary New York that copied Ancient Rome." Francis Ford Coppola is one of the greatest movie directors of all time. His movies include The Godfather, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, and his latest project, Megalopolis is in theaters on September 27, 2024! Check out the trailer for Megalopolis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq6mvHZU0fcFollow Francis on Instagram @francisfordcoppola and go see Megalopolis in theaters on September 27! Books Mentioned:The Storm Before The Storm by Mike DuncanCreation by Gore VidalThe Swerve by Stephen GreenblattWill in the World by Stephen GreenblattTyrant by Stephen GreenblattA Dream of Red Mansions by Cao XueqinWilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von GoethePapyrus by Deckle EdgeThe Bhagavad Gita by Eknath EaswaranThe Harder They Fall by Budd SchulbergTender is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldAntkind by Charlie Kaufman✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/📱 Follow us:  Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and FacebookSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Francis Ford Coppola Opens Up About How Philosophy Has Inspired His Life and Career

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