The masterpieces of legendary New Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola prove almost too many to count on one hand between The Godfather, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now, but fans of the director’s titanic oeuvre will be surprised to know that his favorite film of his isn’t any of the aforementioned, but his 1983 adaptation of S.E.
Hinton’s coming-of-age novel Rumble Fish.
Coppola revealed his preference for the intimate revisionist gang drama in an Ama, stressing that he loves all of his films.
Interestingly, his daughter Sofia Coppola (an acclaimed director herself) expressed the same preference for Rumble Fish, evident with its placement in her top five.
When someone’s career encompasses two Best Picture Oscars as well as two Palme d’Or winners, one has to wonder what it is about Rumble Fish that two of the most prominent members of the Coppola family select it among their most revered.
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