I think it’s safe to say that Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t need to make films anymore, so when you see his name attached to something, you know it’s going to be something worth watching. With a long successful career behind him, he is now allowed to play in the medium that he has always loved. And what better way to do that, then to go back to the way that films used to be made, when he first fell in love with them.

With that is mind, it’s not really a surprise that his new film Tetro looks like it could have been directed by Alfred Hitchcock or Orsen Welles. Not just because he shot the film in black and white, but because everything from the style, to the story looks like this film could have been made in the 50’s. The special effects all appear to be simple camera techniques that Directors have been using for ages. The lens flares, the zooms, and the composition, all look like something you would expect to see a young Cary Grant or Marlon Brando in the middle of.

Check out the trailer below…

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