Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola’s long-awaited dream challenge, got here and went from theaters final 12 months. Often, after that, a movie would present up on demand or for streaming however that wasn’t the case right here. What was occurring with Megalopolis? Now we all know.
Beginning July 20, Coppola’s movie can be taken on the street for a collection of occasions referred to as “An Night With Francis Ford Coppola and Megalopolis Screening.” It kicks off in Pink Financial institution, NJ, earlier than going to Port Chester, NY; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Dallas, TX; and San Francisco, CA. It features a screening of the movie, clearly, in addition to an “interactive dialogue” with Coppola referred to as “How you can Change Our Future.”
“That is the way in which Megalopolis was meant to be seen,” Coppola stated in an announcement. “In a big venue, with a crowd and adopted by intense interactive discussions in regards to the future.” You will get tickets on Ticketmaster, which seem to price round $40.
Launched final 12 months, Megalopolis was the results of a long time of planning and anticipation from the legendary director of The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and The Dialog. It price effectively over $100 million and was paid for nearly completely by Coppola himself, but it surely proceeded to bomb on the field workplace, grossing just a little over $14 million. However, the movie’s large ambition and beyond-weird performances, themes, and visuals gave it the beginnings of cult basic standing. Bodily variations of the movie had been launched however nothing past that.
Adam Driver stars within the movie as a visionary architect who needs to push his metropolis into the long run, solely to run right into a hard-nosed mayor, performed by Giancarlo Esposito. Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, and Shia LaBeouf all get within the enjoyable together with Aubrey Plaza as a personality named Wow Platinum. Sure, it’s a film the place somebody named “Wow Platinum” makes complete sense.
We don’t assume Megalopolis is a very good film, but it surely’s definitely fascinating, worthy of debate, and certainly there gained’t be too many extra circumstances to see Coppola focus on his work in public within the coming years. Should you’re a fan, take be aware.
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