17/26
Between them is Julia Cicero, with her loyalties torn between her father and her lover
Tale
The city of New Rome is faced with the duel between Caesar Catiline, a brilliant artist who is an advocate of a utopian future, and greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Francis Ford Coppola wrote the script in the early 1980s, but the film was put on the back burner partly due to his financial debts. Pre-production finally began in 2001 after shooting 30 hours of second unit footage and holding a table read with Paul Newman, Uma Thurman, Robert De Niro, James Gandolfini, Nicolas Cage, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Edie Falco and Kevin Spacey, but the project was scrapped after the 9/11 attacks, because a scene in the script (page 166) “predicted” the attacks. Coppola dropped out of the project entirely in 2007 and didn’t begin developing it again until 2019. The security video of Cicero entering Ceasars office is supposed to be two different cameras, as indicated by the small text in the upper left corner.
It’s just the same footage flipped and slightly tilted
Hamilton Crassus III: What Do You Think About This Boner I’ve Got? The "Ultimate IMAX Experience" version of the film features a live actor asking questions during the filmed press conference. Mentioned on The John Campea Show: Adam Driver to Lead Francis Ford Coppola’s New Film Megalopolis (2022). My Promise Written by Grace VanderWaal Performed by Grace VanderWaal Courtesy of Columbia Records By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Produced and orchestrated by Kris Kukul. "Megalopolis" This is a movie I wanted to like, mainly because it is an incredibly expensive independent project, written, produced, financed and directed by the legendary Francis Ford Coppola, an auteur who has been planning this work for 40 years and loves it so much that he personally rated it 10/10 on the Letterboxd movie platform.
Envy, jealousy, greed and lust for power are other themes that shape the essence of this work
Also, the experience of sitting in a nearly empty IMAX theater with just a few other people added to the atmosphere… However, apart from Adam Driver’s Oscar-worthy performance and the stunning visual frames that looked beautiful on the giant screen, nothing else in this movie is worth praising. The plot follows the genius scientist Cesar, inventor of the revolutionary material “Megalon”, with which he plans to build a utopian city of the future – “Megalopolis”. This is one of the central themes of the film – the obsession with perfection in a world and society far removed from it. Coppola doesn’t shy away from weaving in political commentary as well as reflections on human existence. When I reflect on the themes of the film, one might think that it’s a good film.
The only character I connected with was Caesar, thanks to Adam Driver’s brilliant performance
On the contrary, all of these themes are destroyed by the narrative chaos, which in my opinion is due to the director’s pretentious ambition to present an unprecedented “megalomaniacal” work of art. The editing and narrative are disjointed – the film jumps from one scene to another without coherence, which becomes boring after just fifteen minutes. Halfway through the film, I had completely lost interest in the story and was simply waiting for it to end. Although most of the cast is well-known, it’s hard to connect with any of the characters – most are shallow and some are completely unnecessary. His ability to convey Caesar’s mania, dialogue, and emotions is probably the reason I was hooked, more so than the depth of the character itself.
The dialogue is a mixed bag, sometimes brilliant, sometimes dull, which made for a rather uneven experience
The photography is excellent, and if Coppola had focused primarily on this element, this could have been an extraordinary film.
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