Overview

• During her June 25 masterclass at the third Biarritz Nouvelles Vagues Festival, Coppola criticized the overuse of gun violence in American films.
• She cited Martin Scorsese as a rare exception whose cinematic violence enriches storytelling.
• Coppola highlighted a marked increase in women directors today compared with when she began her career.
• She said her film narratives often explore characters’ search for identity within their environments.
• Coppola described an image- and music-driven creative process and said her brother Roman is the first to review her scripts.