Francis Ford Coppola Wants A Wife Who Cooks And Cleans

@momof3wildkids: My husband was watching a young, slim, (probably malaria/stressed induced, but still slim) FFC in "Heart of Darkness" last night, and I went in to say g'night and I thought, "wow, the last time I saw Francis he was sitting, jabba the hut-like on the corner of Columbus and whatever in SF, eating a bowl of cheese and drinking wine with Sofia, and the time before THAT he was rolling around the vineyard in a freaking golf cart, so huge he couldn't walk..."

so, yeah.

Caption for the picture: 'She has to cook and clean and she needs to have tits like this, brah'

@doggotmyshoes: We all had that at one point - it's called a mom. And then we grew up.

The idea of someone taking care of me as an adult makes me deeply uncomfortable.

@irishflyesq: The original is bottled and corked, and wrapped in fancy pink plastic. I think the canned stuff is supposed to be like a wine cooler. I haven't had it.

reggattagirl

@reggattagirl: "Champagne" in a can. Brilliant.

irishflyesq

@reggattagirl: it's also packaged in an aluminum can, so YMMV.

One of his wines is named after his daughter:
"Sofia Blanc de Blancs is a sophisticated sparkling wine, lower in alcohol, and perfect for every celebration. A unique blend of Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat, it offers delicate aromatics, subtle flavors and light effervescence all packaged with striking, feminine flair."

It's pretty good.

reggattagirl

@doggotmyshoes: Nailed it. Bam.

@depardoo: True, he hasn't done anything memorable since Apocalypse Now. But that picture, along with the first two Godfathers, rank very highly among the top films of all time. It is enough.

@skahammer: Maybe that was because she was busy taking care of her family

@TheHonJudgeSmails: Yes...I am wandering over from Jez. I actually think it's cute; he's talking about a Wife as a social construct and saying they both need one. I also had to chime in about the wine -- deeeeelish, especially the Claret (as mentioned by someone above).

Is it true he has a son named Francis Chevrolet Coppola?

SultanaEleusis

@doggotmyshoes: I humbly suggest that the next guy who can be said to "understand" women will also be the first one. Lucky dog.

@sarrible: Not really. She shot the footage as home movies, but Fax Bahr and John Milius made the film. If you read her book, she admits as much. She was very depressed about her husband's affairs, also. She's dabbled, her own words, in lots of different areas.

Lulupasternak

@Terrafractal: Yes, you nailed it - love the way Updike turns that sentence, hate his one-dimensional females. They both (Coppola and Updike) simply don't understand women and so can only depict them in a limited way.

doggotmyshoes

Do we HAVE to suggest that Gawker post something to Jezebel every time some behind-the-times-old-fat-white guy acts sexist/misogynistic/stupid? FFC is media people, he is not the "sex" or "fashion" listed at the top of Jezebel's page, and not all of us ladies wanna have to go there to find anything remotely relative to both females and American culture.

Hpph.

Loved his movies, hate that, like Updike, he only considers men to be worthy subjects in Art.

Terrafractal

@Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: because the godfathers, the conversation and apocalypse now are some of the greatest movies of all time and yeah that was a long time ago but who gives a shit what he says.

shostakobitch

Tool. Hire someone. Jeez, I need a wife and can't afford to hire anyone so have to do it all.

Fricking order a pizza FC - you can dial a phone, can't you?

I just wish he and his wife would adopt me. I would like to drink wine in a California mansion and eat suckling meats. That sounds much better than $3.99 lunch specials or crowded public transportation with broken air conditioning.

forwardmotion

I love him, but within five minutes of meeting this guy, apropos of nothing, he's vehemently defending himself against his wife's portrayal of him in her documentary Hearts of Darkness--with her five feet away and more than capable of holding her own--five years after the film came out. A year later he let me write a film for him (nothing came of it). Francis, call me. Let's restart that puppy.

@m4ximusprim3:

I think the international outcry to put my art career on hold might trump your gun. You have never seen my art. Its so bad I cannot carry it on an airplane.

@SarahHeartburn: Such a shame you married above you, Francis.

But all Men marry above themselves. Oscar Wilde told us that.

Who the f*ck gave you permission to offer a reasonable interpretation of a quote taken out of context? You're supposed to be outraged by this blatant sexism!

heywhat

@Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: I wish you could too!

Treeless

@Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: I imagine it's because in your mental image, there probably is a lot of arm moving and man-boob jiggling.

Never before has the phrase "new Shimmer is a floor wax *and* a dessert topping" been more appropriate. Or more *needed*.

GORDONGARTRELLE

@Svengali_Jones: you better bring a big as gun then, cause I've got a medium sized one and I'm not afraid to use it. Imma marry me some money!

m4ximusprim3

@sarrible: she made a great documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now
This is news to me. You're not talking about Hearts of Darkness, are you, where the filmmakers incorporated a lot of footage Eleanor had shot but seemed to indicate, if I remember correctly, that her own attempt to create a film out of what she'd shot didn't work.

The underlying point Coppola is making and that everyone is missing is that "a wife" is truly a valuable thing, underrated, wanted by both him and his artist wife, someone more than the maid, someone who cares about you and cooks with love so the food you eat nourishes you, makes your bed the way you like to sleep in, aaah, the wife is so unappreciated in America. In America, Elliot Spitzer cheats on his wife, Ashley Madison is a way to not hurt your wife and many people actually want the wife to bring in an extra 100K in addition to providing all the above-mentioned goodies. If Coppola appreciates his real wife for all she does and she chooses to do it, then there is nothing wrong with it.

doggotmyshoes

@Cutting Makes You Sexy:

Come up with the first million dollar movie idea and I will totally marry you and put my art career on hold forever.

@Cutting Makes You Sexy: I will!

theMoJo

@SarahHeartburn: I've noticed a definite fat-ass : misogynist ratio in my time.

A married gal working? Is this from The Onion?

@ginger rant:

Oh Christ, let's hope not. GF III was quite enough.

resipsaloquacious

@Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: The sort of mindless, pathetic affection one feels for a slightly retarded puppy?

SarahHeartburn

@HiredGoons: Some, but this one? Clueless my ass. Major ego needs wifely submission. Such a shame you married above you, Francis.

SarahHeartburn

You should post this on Jezebel. You would get 5000 comments. Wow. He is right, what is he to do? Who will scrub from betwinx his fat rolls? Who? Not that ambitious artist he married! That wench!

Oh man. I totally want a husband that will cook and clean. Who will be my husband that will cook and clean with no ambition while I sit around drinking wine and coming up with multi-million dollar movie ideas, huh?

Tell me that.

Cutting Makes You Sexy

@TheHonJudgeSmails: The Claret is tasty and budget friendly.

momof3wildkids

@Queen of the Passive Aggressives: I think the word is pronounced:"greezy"

momof3wildkids

Shouldn't he be worrying about who is going to clean up the mess he made out of his last film?

Why's he dressed for jail?

I wish I could explain why this makes me like him more.

Does anyone remember "Life Without Zoe", Coppola's contribution to "New York Stories"? That's when I concluded that he had run off the rails.

depardoo

Oh, straight men can be so adorably clueless.

@TheHonJudgeSmails: His wife has been a filmmaker almost as long as he has (she made a great documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now), for what it's worth. It doesn't seem like they've had their "breadwinner-domestic" roles hashed out the whole time.

So the Coppolas have no friends to sit them down and tell them "hire domestic help."

Somehow this is unsurprising.

City_Dater

@ginger rant: first she has to finish orally pleasuring Thomas Mars.

@Richard Lawson: Working? Hah! She's out getting basted.

@Queen of the Passive Aggressives: Correct.

@Richard Lawson: I hear the sheets boeuf are particularly tender.

Why do I see him lounging by the pool in a toga with his greasy lips wrapped around a turkey leg?

Queen of the Passive Aggressives

@Richard Lawson: Dirty.

I'm sure Sofia has something to say about this ...

ginger rant

@CaptainFantastic: But who is going to tell the housekeeper what to do?

@TheHonJudgeSmails: You should try his wife's suckling meats.

Zombie Corleone wants to bite his shirt, chase his grandkid and die again.

resipsaloquacious

@Richard Lawson: Sorry, I really like his wine. Reasonably priced and delicious.

@TheHonJudgeSmails: Oh, lighten up.

Did I just saunter into Jezebel? Or is a Gawker author really writing this?

They've been married for 46 years. They have both -- presumably willingly -- entered into a relationship where one partner plays the "breadwinner" role and the other partner plays the "domestic" role. I don't see that he's forcibly preventing her from pursuing whatever it is she wants to do. I just think he's acknowledging that his wife has played the domestic role and that if she suddenly decided that it was for her anymore, there would be a problem. I don't see that there's anything wrong with that.

Is this the only rich guy in California that hasn't heard of a housekeeper?

If I got to live on the spread in Napa, I'd sign up in a minute. It's GORGEOUS.

"Wife" does not equal "servant," Coppola. How about you lay off the Chianti for a sec and hire a maid and a housekeeper? Lord knows you can afford it.

quickqueenof

@skahammer: Well put.

This kinda reminds me of Cindy Sherman's ex making that whiny movie about being the less glamorous spouse. Women are artists, and sometimes they are more famous than their mates, though that's not the case here. It happens, you know, that, like women sometimes have lives and stuff of their own, heck even have their own interests, too. You hire help. End story. He's so old school paisano, he reminds of so many guys here in NYC: that's why I stay far far away from the Italiano-Americanos, sometimes they can be so old school.

PS-anyone want to wash my dishes while I work? I am totally open to a house hubby. Oh, and laundry. And windows. I hate that shit. Now taking applications. Anyone? Anyone? Yeah, that's what I thought.

I'll cut him some slack and chalk it up to an attempt at humor. Exhibit #1: They've managed to stay married 46 years. Exhibit #2: They've reared a daughter who's as independent-minded and strong-willed a spirit as you could want, so they must've done something right as far as instilling a strong vision of womanhood and autonomy.

With his bizzilions of Godfather bucks, self-evident since his power, position, and influence are the reason his musings are being published to begin with, I doubt his wife has been expected to actually get on her knees to scrub the floors for quite some time now, so he's speaking metaphorically, in any case.

So sheesh. Let's lighten up.

clickable

I'm glad you put Coppola's name in the headline as I thought the picture was of Steve Wozniak sans Segway.

BoonsFarmersDaughter