In this episode we take a deep dive into Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now, and his “Little Fat Girl in Ohio” quote from Eleanor Coppola's film, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. Join Host Liz Pahl as she talks to special guests Kate Hagen (the Blacklist), Hofstra Professor Rodney Hill and writer Melissa Baumgart as they unpack the Ohio/Hollywood connection within this famous quote.
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Read Kate Hagen’s incredible essay, Fat Girls On Film: https://letterboxd.com/journal/fat-girls-on-film
Follow Melissa Baumgart on X: @fatgirlinohio
Check out Melissa Baumgart’s piece, You Have to Fail A Little: https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2018/06/13/you-have-to-fail-a-little-on-hearts-of-darkness/
Super nerd alert, to dig even further down the rabbit hole- Check out Tetragrammaton Rick Rubin’s interview with Edward Norton about Marlon Brando (starts at 2:12:00), very interesting insight into Marlon Brando.