Francis Ford Coppola shares his views on Donald Trump's proposed film tariffs.

In Friday's profile GQ,,,,, godfather Directors talked about the “uncertainty” of the tariffs announced by the president on Sunday. He said the imposition of these tariffs would be "like slamming the door shut on potential monetary gains in the United States."

"What it does is create uncertainty. People don't understand the economy of the last government? There is world inflation, and the United States does not (only) inflation," Coppola said. "The world has experienced a serious inflation trend. But before this new government, the United States did have a lot of money in the United States, and there is a lot of money in the country, and these tariffs are like in that it was a very prosperous situation, the United States did have a lot of money."

Coppola reveals that since Trump's re-election, "people are selling screenings Big rock"His film compares the fall of the Roman Republic to the future of the United States," he said when the film was released in September 2024, "it was so prophetic or prescient that it was to say that America was like Rome - it could lose its republic," he said. Revelation Now.

“It’s like something happened Revelation is now. Revelation Now It was a big failure and got bad reviews and everyone said it was the worst movie ever. However, people never stop seeing it,” Coppola explained. Big rock. ”

Before the release of the film, Coppola elaborated on his inspiration, creating “the Roman epic of modern America” at the New York Film Festival. He said: “Today, the United States is Rome and they will experience the same experience for the reasons why Rome lost its republic and eventually became emperor.

"It's the same reason; Rome is so prosperous, Rome makes a lot of money, so the senators are actually very interested in their abilities and their own wealth, and they don't manage the country," he added. "The same thing happened here. Our Senate and our representatives are rich, manipulating their own power, not operating the country, and then we are in danger of losing it."

especially, Big rock Unable to stream online, the director decided to take the film to the theater tour. There was an insider before Hollywood Reporter That Big rock There is no streaming because “(Coppola) wants it to play in the theater, the way it is expected”, he reiterated that in an interview on Friday.

The five-time Academy Award winner said his 2024 drama (he poured $120 million) was not streamed "because the movie is still screened in the theater" and said he didn't "want anyone to have it."