One From The Heart
1982
ONE FROM THE HEART is Francis Ford Coppola's ambitious and intensely stylized musical about a working-class couple living in Las Vegas. On the eve of their five-year anniversary, Frannie (Teri Garr) and Hank (Frederic Forrest) find themselves breaking up. Hank meets a circus performer (Nastassja Kinski), while Frannie accepts .. Read more
| Starring | Nastassja Kinski, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Lainie Kazan |
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| Director | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Genres | Drama, Music/Musical |
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One From The Heart
ONE FROM THE HEART is Francis Ford Coppola's ambitious and intensely stylized musical about a working-class couple living in Las Vegas. On the eve of their five-year anniversary, Frannie (Teri Garr) and Hank (Frederic Forrest) find themselves breaking up. Hank meets a circus performer (Nastassja Kinski), while Frannie accepts the attentions of a would-be lounge singer (Raul Julia). Tom Waits wrote the music for the movie and performed it with Crystal Gayle, and the renowned Vittorio Storaro (APOCALYPSE NOW, THE LAST EMPEROR) provided stunning photography.
| Starring | Nastassja Kinski, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton, Raul Julia, Allen Garfield |
|---|---|
| Director | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Music/Musical |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Jan 2004 Production year: 1982 |
| Format | DVD |
One From The Heart (1982)
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Feeling the need to lighten up after Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola concocted this featherweight, Fellini-esque romantic fantasy about two sets of lovers in Las Vegas. Of rather more interest to Coppola was the idea of staging the whole thing in his Los Angeles studio — even a re-creation of Vegas's airport — and shooting it with new video techniques. Coppola thought this was the way of the future, a simplified system, but the budget soared and the movie was barely released, virtually bankrupting its director. Pauline Kael quipped, “This movie isn't from the heart, or from the head, either; it's from the lab.” As far as Hollywood's grand follies go, this goes further than most.
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Extraordinarily slim (for its cost) romantic fantasy which makes one wonder why, of all the stories in the world, its creator chose this one. It does however boast attractive visuals.
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A huge nostalgia trip
I saw this film shortly after it came out in 1983 - I was only 12 - and loved it. I had a huge crush on Nastassia Kinski afterwards and you can see why. I rented this out because I wanted to find out whether, 22 years later, I would like it so much. Well, the answer is probably no, it HAS dated terribly, but it's still an entertaining view and does not deserve all the smarmy cricisism it gets. It's one of those films that people love to hate, mainly because it was a flop - Francis Ford Coppola spent some 26 million dollars on it, and got back very very little. He spent so much money on rebuilding Las Vegas and still making it look as though it was painted by a child. Some of the scenery (particularly the mountains) is so unrealistic, you can almost see the lights bouncing off the cardboard mountain ranges! But this is surely part of its charm. For me, this film is only let down by the ending, which is not satisfactory - surely the wrong people end up getting together? you decide! The music by Tom Waits won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it is really very cleverly scored, earning him an Oscar nomination for it in 1983 (eventually won by Henri Mancini and Leslie Bricusse for 'Victor/Victoria', incidentally). However, there are a couple of songs that certainly could have been Oscar contenders for best song, although unlikely any of them would have beaten the winning song from 'Officer and a Gentleman' - which even beat 'Eye of the Tiger' from Rocky III! Real fans of the score can, with this DVD, choose Language Option 3 (score only) and then by putting English subtitles you could listen to just the music, and know what is going on from the subtitles. A wonderful option to have on this release, hats must go off to the distributors for this.
This is a sweet and quirky film that is clearly a labour of love. Ms Kinski is divine, and you may be interested to find out (I only found out by listening to Coppola's commentary, which is on Language Option 2) that Kinski had no circus background or training at all - she couldn't do acrobatics, tightrope-walking, juggling, or any of the things she does around Hank's parked car. Such as shame she's not in the film for longer - unfortunately, she disappears like - she says - 'spit on a griddle'. What a wonderful line. Real fans of 80s kitsch, Tom Waits, or Kinski, will LOVE this film. Everyone else will despise every second. -
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
A huge nostalgia trip
I saw this film shortly after it came out in 1983 - I was only 12 - and loved it. I had a huge crush on Nastassia Kinski afterwards and you can see why. I rented this out because I wanted to find out whether, 22 years later, I would like it so much. Well, the answer is probably no, it HAS dated terribly, but it's still an entertaining view and does not deserve all the smarmy cricisism it gets. It's one of those films that people love to hate, mainly because it was a flop - Francis Ford Coppola spent some 26 million dollars on it, and got back very very little. He spent so much money on rebuilding Las Vegas and still making it look as though it was painted by a child. Some of the scenery (particularly the mountains) is so unrealistic, you can almost see the lights bouncing off the cardboard mountain ranges! But this is surely part of its charm. For me, this film is only let down by the ending, which is not satisfactory - surely the wrong people end up getting together? you decide! The music by Tom Waits won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it is really very cleverly scored, earning him an Oscar nomination for it in 1983 (eventually won by Henri Mancini and Leslie Bricusse for 'Victor/Victoria', incidentally). However, there are a couple of songs that certainly could have been Oscar contenders for best song, although unlikely any of them would have beaten the winning song from 'Officer and a Gentleman' - which even beat 'Eye of the Tiger' from Rocky III! Real fans of the score can, with this DVD, choose Language Option 3 (score only) and then by putting English subtitles you could listen to just the music, and know what is going on from the subtitles. A wonderful option to have on this release, hats must go off to the distributors for this.
This is a sweet and quirky film that is clearly a labour of love. Ms Kinski is divine, and you may be interested to find out (I only found out by listening to Coppola's commentary, which is on Language Option 2) that Kinski had no circus background or training at all - she couldn't do acrobatics, tightrope-walking, juggling, or any of the things she does around Hank's parked car. Such as shame she's not in the film for longer - unfortunately, she disappears like - she says - 'spit on a griddle'. What a wonderful line. Real fans of 80s kitsch, Tom Waits, or Kinski, will LOVE this film. Everyone else will despise every second. -
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