Cannes Boss Thierry Fremaux Reacts to the Oscars New Rules on AI and International Movies: ‘Hollywood Is Opening up to the World’
Francis Ford Coppola
Quizzed about the Academy’s new rules on AI , festival boss Thierry Fremaux called them “obvious” as he spoke nostalgically about the celluloid film era. He argued that Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” was an emblem of that authentic age and “the last organic film” he saw. “The helicopters in the Valkyrie scene were the helicopters Francis Ford Coppola actually had,” Fremaux said. “Today, with digital technology, a filmmaker can say: ‘I have six helicopters — give me 15.’ And then you no
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