Distant Vision

Distant Vision^[1][2] is an ongoing experimental film project by Francis Ford Coppola. Different versions of this production have been broadcast to limited audiences from the stages of Oklahoma City Community College on June 5, 2015,^[3] and at UCLA School of Theater in July 2016.^[4]

Distant Vision
Directed by	Francis Ford Coppola
Written by	Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by	Francis Ford Coppola Anahid Nazarian Fred Roos
Cinematography	Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Edited by	Robert Schafer
Production companies	American Zoetrope Live Cinema
Release dates	June 5, 2015 (2015-06-05) (Oklahoma City Community College) July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22) (UCLA School of Theater)
Country	United States
Languages	English Italian

Coppola led the project as a proof of concept piece for a richer, more in-depth future live broadcast that will recount the struggles and triumphs of three generations of an Italian-American family set against the birth and growth of the invention of television.^[5][6]

Future

In 2024, Coppola plans to film more sequences for Distant Vision, financed with the box office of Megalopolis (2024).^[7]

References

1. "Francis Ford Coppola Starts Experimental 'Live Cinema' Project at UCLA". Variety. Variety. 23 July 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
2. "Francis Ford Coppola Completes 'Distant Vision' Live Cinema Workshop at UCLA". Indiewire. Indiewire. 24 July 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
3. "Digital Cinema Production Degrees from OCCC". Archived from the original on February 25, 2021.
4. Bill Desowitz (July 23, 2016). "Francis Ford Coppola Completes 'Distant Vision' Live Cinema Workshop at UCLA". IndieWire.
5. "Hollywood legend brings vision to OCCC". OCCC. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
6. "Francis Ford Coppola brings "Distant Vision" to life at UCLA TFT". UCLA. UCLA. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
7. Fear, David (August 25, 2024). "Francis Ford Coppola: 'I Have Nothing Left to Lose'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 15, 2024.

External links

• Distant Vision at IMDb