Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola’s long-awaited dream venture, 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 taking place with Megalopolis? Now we all know.
Beginning July 20, Coppola’s movie will probably be taken on the street for a collection of occasions known as “An Night With Francis Ford Coppola and Megalopolis Screening.” It kicks off in Purple 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 known as “How you can Change Our Future.”
“That is the way in which Megalopolis was meant to be seen,” Coppola mentioned in a press release. “In a big venue, with a crowd and adopted by intense interactive discussions concerning the future.” You will get tickets on Ticketmaster, which seem to value 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 value nicely over $100 million and was paid for nearly completely by Coppola himself, however it proceeded to bomb on the field workplace, grossing somewhat over $14 million. Nonetheless, the movie’s enormous ambition and beyond-weird performances, themes, and visuals gave it the beginnings of cult basic standing. Bodily variations of the movie have been launched however nothing past that.
Adam Driver stars within the movie as a visionary architect who needs to push his metropolis into the longer term, 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 suppose Megalopolis is a very good film, however it’s definitely fascinating, worthy of dialogue, and certainly there gained’t be too many extra circumstances to see Coppola focus on his work in public within the coming years. In case you’re a fan, take observe.
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