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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0695026000129
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Fantoma / American Zoetrope
Manufacturer: Fantoma / American Zoetrope
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fantoma / American Zoetrope
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 27, 2004
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 30150
Studio: Fantoma / American Zoetrope
Theatrical Release Date: 1982
Editorial Review:
Description:
From the director of Apocalypse Now and The Godfather comes a different kind of love story...
Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola shines his spotlight on a Las Vegas couple (Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest) whose break-up on the 4th of July leads them both to a night on the strip in pursuit of their romantic fantasies (Raul Julia, Nastassia Kinski). But in this town of gamblers and dreamers, should they bet it all on dreams, or give true love another roll of the dice? Featuring breathtaking design, show-stopping set pieces, the stunning photography of Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor) and accompanied by the wonderful Oscar® nominated music of the one and only Tom Waits, this neon explosion of color, sound and innovation is a cinematic valentine for all movie lovers.
Amazon.com:
One of the most famous productions of its time, Francis Coppola's One from the Heart is a 'little movie' that grew into a gigantic, studio-bankrupting behemoth. Entirely shot on glorious sets in Coppola's Zoetrope studio, the teeny story follows a bickering Las Vegas couple (Teri Garr and Frederic Forrest) during a night's madness with others. It would be nice to recommend the film to romantics, or movie-musical mavens, but really this film is for the technologically minded: it's a flashy display of camera trickery and painted sets (anticipating Moulin Rouge). Alas, the techno-dazzle is somewhat at odds with the clunky performances and choppy editorial flow... and it has all the warmth of neon. Since its initial botched release, the film has developed a small but devoted following, in part because of the terrific song score by Tom Waits (sung by Waits and Crystal Gayle). It should be seen, not least as a case study in bravado. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - How could I have forgotten this???
I was reading another obscure Copplia movie review, when I came on this movie and just came to a stop. This quirky movie stopped me dead in my tracks 20 or so years ago and instigated a extended discussion about it with my companion for hours over dinner. I bought the album because the Tom Watts and Crystal Gayle soundtrack was just so captivating and bluesy ( maybe it was the music and not Terri Garr you think?) Or perhaps it's just an unconventional telling of an ordinary tale with visually ... Read More
Rating:  - How people yearn for a romantic ideal, supreme happiness, a utopia
ONE FROM THE HEART (1982) iill attract a viewership on account of
Francis Ford Coppola's fame, or perhaps from its talented, sincere
cast, comprising Nastassja Kinski, here shown very young, with a
ballerina's physique, yet still very green in her emotional, human
aspects ons screen.
What works best, is the strong dream-like atmosphere that it brings
forth, taking viewers into another dimension, and the romanticism of
the actual story. Indeed, after ... Read More
Rating: - Still my favorite movie..
Back in the '80s I was fond of telling people this was my favorite movie of all time. (Well, maybe in a tie with The Wild Bunch) but the years passed and I suspected that like so much of what I valued then, I would now see this movie in a much harsher light.
Boy, was I wrong! I remain baffled by the way Coppola was mocked and vilified for hurling his whole creative (and financial) being into this little dream of his. But it remains a beautiful dream. While at once creating vivid, ... Read More
Rating: - a mood piece more than a movie
Like the real city of Las Vegas, you have to be in the right mood to allow yourself to sink beneath the flashy, dazzling, and artificial veneer that made up this dream-like cinematic mood piece. You have to let go. Stop thinking about why the hell would Francis Coppola made a movie like this. Stop thinking about the almost absurd acting and outsider-art like directions. Go chug down that two finger of bourbon, and sink into the neons. Which mood am I talking about exactly? I think looking at the DVD ... Read More
Rating:  - One from the Heart of Darkness
A huge roll of the dice that wiped out Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope studio and saw him spending the next decade churning out pictures to pay off the debts the $28m flop left him with, One From the Heart is one of those films I really want to like - to love, even - but which just won't let me. Visually it's a triumph, but the Tom Waits suicide blues score rarely works as a screen musical and as a human drama its kept firmly on the ground by the fact these characters just aren't likeable. Coppola seems ... Read More
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