Already Being Second-Guessed, Coppola Moans

Francis Ford Coppola says that although “The Godfather, Part III” is barely out, people are already second-guessing him.

“When you work on a film, you work for two years and people say, ‘You should have done this, or you should have done that,’ ” the director said during an interview broadcast Tuesday on “Entertainment Tonight.”

“When you cook, it takes 20 minutes and everyone’s happy,” he said.

The third “Godfather” was released Christmas Day, but critics, producers and others have seen early screenings of the long-awaited film.

Coppola, 51, said that despite the success of the first two “Godfather” films, the only movie and sequel to win best-picture Oscars, his recent flops added to his motivation to create a blockbuster closing chapter of the Mafia saga.

“The worst thing for Italian people is to make a bad showing,” he said.