who said anything about duplicate? why would you expect him to do that in or out of the studio system. apocalypse is nothing like conversation is nothing like apocalypse. but they had something that jack, rainmaker et. all did not. i would rather him make good movies. period. studio no studio, experiment or conventional. visionary directors can make great movies that have plot, character development, a beginning, middle and end. when i hear experimental i think of weird, boring and not giving a shit about the audience. all i was saying was someone who made those movies is obviously a genius and i wish hed get some of that back
Sorry, when I hear about someone losing their groove, it suggests to me that maybe they need to return to what made them so good before. Youth has a plot and a beginning, middle and end... it's also weird, boring and challenging. If anyone can get away with "not giving a shit about his audience" a bit, in my book, it's Coppola.