>>> NOW FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL AT
A TIME WHEN OUR POLITICS IS FULL
OF CULTURAL TENSION AND MAFIA
REFERENCES, WE TURN TO FRANCIS
FORD COPPOLA, DIRECTOR OF THE
GODFATHER TRILOGY, AN OSCAR
WINNER SIX TIMES OVER FOR
DIRECTING, SCREEN WRITING AND
PRODUCING.
IT’S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE
ROBERT DE NIRO IS SOMEONE THAT
YOU HELPED CREATE THE ROBERT DE
NIRO WE KNOW
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE
ROBERT DE NIRO ON THE CURRENT
PRESIDENT.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> HE’S AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THIS
COUNTRY.
IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY THAT THIS
COUNTRY HAS GOTTEN TO THIS POINT
THAT THIS FOOL, THIS BOZO HAS
POUNDS -- WOUND UP WHERE HE IS
HE WANTS TO PUNCH PEOPLE IN THE
FACE
WELL, I’D LIKE TO PUNCH HIM IN
THE FACE
>> WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT DE
NIRO’S ADVOCACY NOW?
>> THOSE ARE VERY STRONG WORDS
I WOULDN’T USE THOSE KIND OF
STRONG WORDS
I ACTUALLY WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL
WITH DONALD TRUMP.
>> I READ THAT.
>> HE WAS ONLY A 13-YEAR-OLD, I
WAS A 17-YEAR-OLD.
HE WAS ANOTHER ONE WHO FELT THE
GODFATHER -- HE WOL ALWAYS GO TO
ME, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE
SO I HAD NO ANTICIPATION OF WHAT
HE WOULD REALLY BE LIKE IF HE
WAS PUT IN A POSITION OF POWER
DEMOCRACY IS A MORE FRAGILE
INSTITUTION AS WE HAVE SEEN IN
HISTORY.
IT OFTEN TURNS INTO A EMPIRE OR
DICTATORSHIP.
>> DO YOU THINK IT’S MORE
FRAGILE RIGHT NOW THAN IT’S BEEN
IN YOUR LIFE
>> IT SEEMS TO BE.
BUT IF DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO
TRULY TAKE HIS POSITION ABOUT
THE CLIMATE CHANGE, ABOUT OUR
WONDERFUL IMMIGRANTS, THE FACT
THAT PEOPLE WANTING TO TO COME T
AMERICA AND BRING THEIR TALENTS,
WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW IS WHY WE
ARE SO GREAT BECAUSE OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS, THEY BRING THEIR
GIFTS TO AMERICA, SO IMMIGRANTS
ARE A PLUS TO A COUNTRY NOT A
NEGATIVE
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD MAKE THEM
FEEL PROUD THAT THEY’RE
AMERICANS AND THAT THEY’RE
WORKING WITH ONE ANOTHER
SO HE -- ON THE FIVE BIG SCORES
THAT I WOULD GIVE A PRESIDENT,
HE’S FAILING ALL OF THEM IT
SEEMS.
>> DO YOU THINK PEOPLE PRIZE
RESPECT, WHICH IS A COUSIN OF
POWER, MORE THAN THE OTHER
THINGS THAT WE ARE TAUGHT TO
PURSUE
>> THAT’S A BIG SUBJECT AND I
COULD REALLY DO A FIVE-HOUR SHOW
WITH YOU ON THAT
>> WHO WILL HAVE FINAL CUT.
>> WE’LL SHARE IT.
>> OKAY.
>> IF YOU GO BACK TO ARISTOTLE,
HE TALKS ABOUT THE MANIPULATION
OF WEALTH GATHERING AND
OPERATING OF A HOUSEHOLD, AND HE
SAID IN THE EARLY TIMES OF MAN,
WEALTH GATHERING WAS SOMETHING
YOU DID TO FULFILL A FAMILY
NEED
BUT THE CONCEPT OF WHAT WEALTH
AND RICHES BECAME FOR THE FIRST
TIME AN ELEMENT.
AND EVER SINCE THAT TIME,
SOCIETIES HAVE OPERATED ON THE
BASIS THAT THE GATHERING OF
GREAT RICHES WOULD GIVE YOU
ADVANTAGES OVER YOUR NEIGHBORS,
WOULD GIVE YOU A CERTAIN KIND OF
POWER AND THAT’S THE WAY IT
WENT
MY THEORY IF EVER THAT CHANGED,
WHERE PRODUCTION WASN’T THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING, IF THAT
TRANSITION HAPPENS AND WE MOVE
SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM PRODUCTION
BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
AND EDUCATION AND FREEDOM AND
CAPABILITY BEING THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING, THEN A LOT OF
BAD CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN
BEINGS, SELFISHNESS, I HAVE TO
BE BETTER THAN YOU, I THINK IS
GOING TO FALL AWAY AND WE’RE
GOING TO -- THE REAL FUTURE --I
PERSONALLY FEEL IS VERY
POSITIVE.
>> SO YOU’RE AN OPTIMIST.
>> IT’S GOING TO BE THE GARDEN
OF EDEN.
>> I KNOW YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE
BUT I WOULD BE REMISS GIVEN THAT
YOU’RE HERE.
WE SET A WINE GOBLET FOR YOU
HERE
THESE ARE OUR FAVORITE BEAT WINE
GLASSES.
>> I HAVE TO FINISH WHILE WE
DRINK OUR WINE
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
I CAN SAY ABOUT OUR WINE IS THAT
IF YOU DRINK IT, YOU CAN TRUST
THAT WE DRINK IT, OUR FAMILY
DRINKS IT.
>> YOU DRINK IT.
>> WE DRINK IT
WHEN I WAS A KID I WORKED FOR
FRED ASTAIRE
FRED ASTAIRE TOLD ME THE WORST
DECISION HE EVER MADE WAS WHEN
HE GAVE HIS NAME TO THE FRED
ASTAIRE DANCE STUDIO BECAUSE HE
HATED THE KIND OF DANCE HE
TAUGHT
I THOUGHT WHATEVER I DO, WHETHER
I MAKE WINE OR FILMS OR GOD
KNOWS WHAT, HAVE A HOTEL, IT’S
REALLY GOING TO BE THAT WE DO,
OUR FAMILY DOES.
>> FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, AN
OPTIMIST SCHOOLING US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE ILLUSIONS WE NEED.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON "THE
BEAT," SIR.
>> THANKS.
>>> AND A LITTLE FRIDAY NIGHT
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