His films, known for their elements of fantasy and exquisite visuals have either directly or indirectly inspired any film director born after they were released. Italian film director and global film icon, Federico Fellini is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time.
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The Conversation is not underrated in the sense of award nominations or critical acclaim, but, this film about surveillance expert Harry Caul’s (Gene Hackman) slow descent into paranoia after he records a possible murder plot deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest films ever made. Sandwiched between the greatest film ever made and the greatest sequel ever made, is this subtle masterpiece – The Conversation. He and his films won countless Oscars, two Palme d’Or’s and have all since been preserved in the National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”. In this decade, he worked with many all time acting greats.
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The man co-wrote Patton in 1970 (which earned him his first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay), directed and co-wrote The Godfather I and II (for which he earned four more Oscar’s) and then went through hell and high water to make Apocalypse Now (1979). What Francis Ford Coppola did in the 1970’s is hard to see anyone coming even close to replicating any time soon.