The Rain People by Francis Ford Coppola.

It’s probably best known as the film that catapulted George’s career as he was Francis’s assistant on the film and made the documentary Filmmaker on its production. He also worked on THX 1138. It was his second film out of USC after Finian’s Rainbow where he won a scholarship to Warner Bros and watched Francis. Marcia Lucas and Walter Murch were also notably involved.

Anyways, the film itself was a slow burner but very beautifully shot and got better and better as it went along. I really loved the character study of a woman leaving her husband while pregnant and coming across two very different men on her road trip. One who appears to be quite dumb but it’s actually something else entirely and the other who is very clever and sly but also has a history of his own. It’s a quieter film with a lot to say.

I highly recommend it if you want to see an important part of what truly kickstarted the history of all the films we know and love but also want to see a slice of life from an age not so different from now.