ancient history

It swings from one extreme to another, matching Coppola’s grandiose gestures toward futurism, ancient history, symbolism, theatrical performance — and, at the heart of it all, love.

“The stuff I’ll be asking you about is all ancient history,” he says.

Yet all of that is, quite literally, ancient history.

A little more than 16 months later, the questions about the future feel like ancient history.

“People go to Europe to see the ruins of early empires, but they don’t know about the ancient history of our region, and native plants can provide a context for that.”