StudioCanal 4K Ultra HD Film Review

One from the Heart (1982) • 4K Ultra HD [StudioCanal] — Coppola’s catastrophe deserves reappraisal

A Las Vegas couple have a fight after living together for five years, so go out and celebrate the Fourth of July, each with a new partner.

When we chart the career of a major director, it can be all too easy to become fixated only on their biggest hits. The works that establish a director like Francis Ford Coppola firmly within the canon of great film directors are, undeniably, masterpieces. Not only are they themselves great films, but they have come to represent greatness — a broad, subjective concept in film discussion, occasionally unified by examples like The Godfather (1974) or Apocalypse Now (1979). A wide consensus agrees that the vague and mercurial nature of “greatness” in cinema can be found in these films. They are era-defining and epochal.

Certainly, these are rich and worthy films that deserve continued discussion. However, Francis Ford Coppola is an artist of such intrigue and complexity that by…