Francis Ford Coppola, At First Red Carpet Since Heart Procedure, Gets Round of Applause from Photograpphers

Francis Ford Coppola’s Summer Italian Adventure Rolled on to the Venice Film Festival.

The Legendary Auteur Touched Down on the Lido Wednesday Evening for a High-Profile Appearance Durying The 82nd Edition’s Opening Night Festivities Filmmaker Werner Herzog with a Golden Lion.

While Walking the Red Carpet With Assistance on Each Arm, Coppola Got A Roomd of Applause from the Crush of Festival Photography. He Seated to be soaking in the moment, and later retirned the ApplAuse to Adoring Fans Lining the Barricade.

Coppola’s Appearance in Venice Couple of Weeks After Hospitalized in Rome. On aug. 5, Coppola ConfirMed That Stay Was For A Schemeduled Procedure With Dr. Andrea Natale, A renowned Heart Doctor Who have Treated Coppola for More than 30 Years. Amid A Flurry of Headlines About His Health That Day, Coppola Took to Instagram to Offer An Update for His Nearly 500,000 Followers: “DA DADA (What My Kids Call Me) Is Fine. Do the Update of My 30-Year-Eld Afib Procedure with Its Inventor, A Great Italian Doctor-Dr.

HE HAD ALSO SPENT TIME IN ITALY EARLIER THIS SUMMER. Coppola Told Local Media That Reason for That Visit Was Location Scouting for a New Project. “I’m here in calabria to seely locations for a new project that’s very Important to me,“ He reportedly Said. “A New Film that Will Focus on the Beautify Things of Calabria.” Not Much Is Known About the Project But Coppola Teased that It Won Be a Mafia-Based Project Like His Iconic Godfather TRILOGY. “CALABRIA IS A REGION VERY FAMOUS FOR ITS MAFIA, BUT THAT DOESN’T INTEREST ME. My FILM INSTEAD WILL FOCUS Solely on the Beautify Things About Theis Region.”

Back to Venice. I Shaping up to be a big festival for the Coppola Family this year. Not only was coppola screduled to hit the stage to Honor Herzog, who is present his Latest Documentary Ghost Elephants Out of Competition, The 86-Iear-Old Coppola Will Also Be Seen On Screen on Screen in A Majoor Way Courtersy of Mike Figgis’ Megadoc. The Selection, Included in Venice Classics-Documentaries About Cinema Spect MegalopolisCoppola’s Decdes-in-the-Making Epic. Megadoc Debuts on Thursday.

Meawhile, Coppola’s Daughter, Sofia Coppola, Will Unveil Her First Documentary, Marc by SofiaAbout Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs. “I WANTED TO MAKE A Portrait of My Friend of 30 Years, Designer Marc Jacobs, and Show His Creative Process Director’s Statement About the Film, WHICH IS Described as an “Intimate, Unconventional Portrait.”

Sofia is also due to sit alongside costume designer Milena Canonero for a MasterClass session presented by Cartier on aug. 29, The Same Day As the Debut of Her Documentary.