Hmm, Coppola, that's interesting. I hadn't thought of that, but the way Marlon Brando describes their interactions when shooting Apocalypse Now in his memoirs makes that plausible. A comparison with Kubrick is interesting - they were/are both very talented directors in bringing a unique vision to the screen, but Kubrick was much more concerned with keeping the movie working from a budgetary point of view, where Coppola has a record of losing control over such matters, many times.