Live Blogging The Godfather Part III

So will this be with less Sofia or no Sofia?

Probably none. He left us with Twixt as his final cinematic offering. It's probably for the best that he doesn't make anything new anymore considering that movie was worse than Jack. 

I had never heard of Twixt

TWIXT (2011)



Twixt is about a C-list author named Hall Baltimore (Val Kilmer) who's mostly known for writing horror novels about witches. Then after the tragic death of his daughter, he loses all his motivation even though he's broke and being pressured by his wife to get back to writing. During this turbulent time, he ends up in a small town for a book signing and meets a bible thumping sheriff named Bobby LaGrange (Bruce Dern) who wants to collaborate with him on a book inspired by a series of grisly murders that have plagued the town for many years. Hall Baltimore rejects him at first but changes his mind after having vivid dreams where Edgar Allan Poe helps him solve the murders AND write his new book. That may all seem very strange, but the movie is just a metaphor for the writing process. It's very similar to the Coen brother's Barton Fink from two decades earlier. That film survived thanks to heavier commentary and good humor, but Twixt by Francis Ford Coppola, is a bit more straight-forward and not very interesting except for the dream sequences. At this point, it shouldn't be a surprise that Coppola has lost his mojo but I'll give him credit for at least trying to entertain mass audiences again.