He started to edit his film one year ago.
As we are talking quite frequently, I was just asking, What about you?
What are you doing?.
Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux talks to journalists after a press conference ThursdayGetty Images
Weeks ago, not months ago, he told me, Well Im finished.
Do you want to see it?
and I said yes and then he accepted my invitation.
Cannes headThierry Frémauxtalks Megalopolis selection
It was his second Palme dOr afterThe Conversationin 1974.
Martin Scorsese preferred to be play Out of Competition.
In the case of Francis Ford Coppola, its the opposite.
Its competition or nothing.
Hes not coming to mess around.
He wants to show his film and he wants to confront young filmmakers and established directors in Competition.
He has already won two Palme dOr perhaps he wants to win a third one.
Fremaux revealed he met Coppola years before coming the head of Cannes.
His relationship with France is very strong and with Cannes, said Fremaux.
