Dean Tavoularis, 88, is a quiet myth.
He has been the artistic director of twenty Coppola films, from the three
Godfathers
(1972, 1974 and 1990) to
Apocalypse Now
(1979).
From Antonioni (
Zabriskie Point
in 1970) to Polanski (
Carnage
, his last film in 2011), his life marries the history of cinema.
The husband of actress Aurore Clément left Los Angeles for Paris, where he also established his workshop.
This American paints with in mind the heritage of pop art and the love of his time, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg.
In Paris, the School Gallery is devoting its first solo exhibition to him in France until April 29 (visit by appointment).
LE FIGARO.
- How did you meet Francis Ford Coppola?
Dean TAVOULARIS
.
- I didn't know him at all.
I was shooting in Rome and New York
Candy
, a Christian Marquand film and I was discovering the Italian way of shooting without permission in the street at night.
Scenes were planned in Central Park.
The same guy who was supposed to facilitate
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