KuFrancis Ford Coppola, iminyaka yawo-80 kwakungeyokukhohlwa. Ngemuva kwempumelelo yakhe ngeminyaka yawo-70, ikakhulukazi izitolimende ezimbili ze-"The Godfather" ne-Apocalypse Now", umqondisi uthathwe njengo. omunye wabaqondisi abahamba phambili baseMelika sesikhathi. Kodwa, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, amaphrojekthi akhe siqu amholela ekulimaleni nenkampani yakhe ezimele yokukhiqiza i-America Zoetrope ngokungaxhumani nomphakathi.
"Hunch" kwaba inhlekelele yehhovisi lebhokisi ngo-1982, okusho ukuthi wathola izigidi ezimbili zamaRandi kuphela kumashumi amabili ayewatshalile. Iqiniso lokuba wumculi nokuba nabalingisi abangaziwa akusizanga kangako uma kuziwa endabeni yokudayisa le filimu.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, u-Wim Wenders, ayemenzela ifilimu ".Indoda yaseChinatown” wamshiya elele ephethe ifilimu engaphansi kwengxenye yesithathu. U-Coppola uqedele ifilimu ngokwakhe, nakuba egcine igama likaWim Wenders kumakhredithi omqondisi. U-Coppola, njengendoda yezwi lakhe, ugcwalise ingxenye yakhe yenkontileka.
Ngo-1983, wenza amafilimu amabili kwenye yezindikimba zakhe eziphindaphindekayo, eyonakele intsha, "Amahlongandlebe” kanye “nomthetho womgwaqo”. Kuzona, wethula uchungechunge lwabalingisi abasebasha ababezoba izinkanyezi eziyinhloko ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-80s no-90, njengoPatrick Swayze, u-Emilio Estévez, uTom Cruise, uMat Dillon, uDiane Lane noma umshana wakhe uNicolas Cage.
Womabili angamafilimu amahle, kodwa ayeyi-box-office flops, okuphoqa u-Coppola ukuthi amukele a ifilimu yangokwezifiso emva kwabo.
Kwakungo-1984, lapho umdidiyeli Robert Evans Uphakamise ukuthi aqhubeke nokwenza i-“Cotton Club”, ifilimu eyayiqoshwe isonto lonke ngaleso sikhathi. UCoppola uvumelene ngombandela wokuthi uDiane Lane ajoyine abalingisi.
Nakulokhu umenzi wefilimu uthole ifilimu yekhwalithi, kodwa akazange athole imiphumela yehhovisi lebhokisi. Inkinga yangempela, kusukelaCotton Club” bekungumkhiqizo obiza kakhulu kune-“Hunch”.
U-Coppola ubuyile xhuma nomphakathi no-"Peggy Sue washada" ngo-1986, nakuba izinga lefilimu lishiya okuningi okufiselekayo, lokho umqondisi ayekudinga kwakuyimiphumela yebhokisi lebhokisi, njengoba wayezuze udumo lokumosha ngamafilimu akhe futhi lokhu kwakuzombeka kanzima. uma kuziwa ekukhiqizeni i-cinema yakhe yomuntu siqu kakhulu.
Ngo-1987 wagingqa “izingadi zamatshe", ifilimu engabonakali, ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa kwale filimu enye yezingane zakhe ilahlekelwa ukuphila kwayo engozini, isenzakalo esiyinhlekelele esizophawula impilo yomlobi.
Ngemva konyaka waqopha isahluko sochungechunge lwe-TV ethi "Faerie tale Theatre" ebizwa ngokuthi "Phuma uVan Winckle".
Kwakuyiminyaka emibi kuCoppola, futhi ngokungafani neminyaka edlule manje isicebi kwakunguGeorge Lucas futhi wayephukile. Ngakho-ke, ebuyela ezithandweni ezedlule, umngane wakhe nenkampani yakhe yokukhiqiza uLucas Films wakhiqiza "uTucker, indoda nephupho lakhe" ngo-1988. Le filimu yayingumuntu siqu, kodwa yamukelwa kahle ngumphakathi futhi yaze yathola ukuqokwa kwe-Oscar kathathu.
Ukuqeda le minyaka eyishumi eyahlukahlukene, uthwebula kanye noMartin Scorsese noWoody Allen ifilimu "Izindaba zaseNew York”. Isiqephu sakhe esithi "Life without Zoe" silinganiswa ngabagxeki njengesibi kunazo zonke kwezintathu eziqukethe ifilimu.