Actor Adam Driver plays an architect with the ability to control time in the premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s independent film “Megalopolis.”
In the teaser, Driver’s character Cesar Catilina is seen making his way towards the edge of a skyscraper. Just as he was about to get out, he yelled, “Time, stop!” and all the cars below seemed to stop at his command. Only then does he lean back and appear not to pounce.
Coppola’s film is scheduled to be released at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17th. The film’s description says it’s a Roman epic set in an imaginary modern America.
The description says:
The new city of Rome must change, and César Catiline, a genius artist who tries to make a leap towards a utopian and idealistic future, and his opponent, Mayor Franklin Cicero, who persists in maintaining the regressive status quo. (Giancarlo Esposito) and a conflict arises. Greed, special interests, and partisan conflict,” the logline reads. Socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter, is torn between the two, her love for César splitting her loyalties and the realization that humanity truly deserves. You are forced to find what you believe.
hollywood reporter I noted the following The self-financed film also stars Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Jason Schwartzman, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, and James Remar. , DB Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman.
Coppola financed most of the film’s $120 million budget by cutting off a significant portion of his wine empire. It also hosted a screening of the project in late March for potential buyers, including Universal’s Donna Langley, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and Sony’s Tom Rothman.
However, more than a month after the film’s release, Coppola has not been able to secure a distributor. One distributor said:[t]There’s no way to position this movie at all,” another went on to say, “everyone’s rooting for the director,” but “there’s a business side to things.” .
The Hollywood Reporter reported that a studio executive said, “[i]It wasn’t very good and it was very sad to watch. Whoever puts the P&A [prints and advertising] If you don’t, you’ll lose money. ”
With Hollywood so focused on regurgitating older films and creating spin-offs, it’s no wonder that Coppola, one of the most successful directors in Hollywood history, can’t find distribution for his original films.
Despite the negative feedback, some was positive. “I loved it,” said the founder of a specialty label, going on to say that it was “a very big movie with real life.” … How do you define a commercial? Do you watch a movie like “Blade Runner”?” It’s become much more commercial than opening weekend. ”
Director Coppola said, “My first goal has always been to make a film with heart, so I began to realize that the film would be about love and loyalty in all aspects of human life.” vanity fair.
“Megalopolis” reflects these sentiments, in which love is expressed in almost crystalline complexity, the earth is in crisis, the human family is in a near-suicidal situation, and the human genius is… It turned out to be a very optimistic film that believes that we have the talent to solve any problem before us. ”
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