Coppola has been working on this epic for decades, and now it is finally set to premiere on Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, in competetion for the Palm d'Or.
News Megalopolis - Francis Ford Coppola's long-time passion project is finally here
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Coppola has been working on this epic for decades, and now it is finally set to premiere on Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, in competetion for the Palm d'Or.
There's also a brief scene from the film.
Looks interesting. Maybe a bit weird, or not weird enough.
I've been cautiously excited about this film since I first heard about it years ago. Whatever else it might actually be, it certainly is ambitious. For that alone, I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Francis Ford Coppola is funding most of this himself. From what I read it sounds like no studio wants to release it. I wonder why.
I, for one, LOVED The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, so I think his track record is strong so far.
I just read the New Yorker's review on this and the movie sounds pretty wild--one of those films whose significance, or lack thereof, is more likely to be judged years from now than in the current moment. Apparently, at the screenings in Cannes, there is a point in the movie when a physical actor steps on stage in front of the screen and recites something--so no telling how that will work if the movie ever gets a North American distributor.
The Hell?
Best not to do this in US venues. Lots of people are always angry and something like this might pull a bad reaction. Unless they mention it's going to happen before the movie starts, but then when half the people walk into the theater 15-20 minutes late looking for their seats in the dark, they'll miss the warning.
Went to see the Blue Angels movie in IMAX this weekend and decided I am just about done with movie theaters. They were made for another age and audiences that were actually brought up with manners.
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Yeah, they'll think it's a political protest.
Yeah I try to go early on weekdays, when there are less people.
I gotta hand it to Coppola, he's certainly one of the bravest filmmakers of the last 60 years with the number of immense risks he continually takes. I'm watching the new One From the Heart: Reprise set this evening, and the degree to which he locks onto an idea once he starts a film is intense.
Whether Megalopolis is good or not kinda doesn't matter to me. He's 85, and he's been working on this passion project for decades. I give him props for that alone. I'll go see it regardless.
Yeah, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote was great.I, for one, LOVED The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, so I think his track record is strong so far.
My mom and I are the same, we usually try to go the first Monday after the movie opens. The only time we might go on the weekend is when it's something where I don't want to accidently come across spoilers, like the MCU or Star Wars, and so we go as soon as possible.
Hopefully not too long in stasis to necro this thread. I just wanna ask, what is the film about?? I was going to make it our Saturday night movie hoping for something escapist, but the blurb sounds very political. My wife and I are (I hope understandably) very very sick of politics at this moment, and don't want to intentionally watch something political, even if it looks really good.
According to Coppola it is about all kinds of things. I think it is about the Roman Empire complete with gladiators in the modern day. But I really have no clue and I've listened and read several reviews about it including an interview with Coppola.
IMDB says, "The city of New Rome faces the duel between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist in favor of an Utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, with her loyalty divided between her father and her beloved."
Wikipedia says, "Set in an alternate, 21st-century New York City (restyled "New Rome"), it follows visionary architect Cesar Catilina (Driver) as he clashes with the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Esposito), who opposes Catilina's plans to revitalize New Rome by building the futuristic utopia "Megalopolis". The film heavily references Roman history, particularly the Catilinarian conspiracy of 63 BC and the transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire."
Wikipedia says, "Set in an alternate, 21st-century New York City (restyled "New Rome"), it follows visionary architect Cesar Catilina (Driver) as he clashes with the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Esposito), who opposes Catilina's plans to revitalize New Rome by building the futuristic utopia "Megalopolis". The film heavily references Roman history, particularly the Catilinarian conspiracy of 63 BC and the transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire."
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