Legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola is not optimistic about the political situation in the United States.
godfather and apocalypse of hell He warned that the United States was close to losing “our republic.”
“What’s happening in America, in our republic, in our democracy is exactly the same as Rome lost its republic thousands of years ago,” said Coppola, who has been dreaming up the film for years. He spoke at a press conference on Friday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the movie was premiered. megalopolis.
“Our politics have led us to the point where we might lose our republic.”
megalopolis The film, which Coppola personally financed for a reported $120 million, depicts a futuristic New York-like city in the midst of decadent decline, much like the end of the Roman Empire.
Coppola later added: “My feeling was that I wanted to create a Roman epic set in modern America, but I had no idea that today’s politics would make it so meaningful.”
megalopolis Critics were divided at Cannes, with some praising the film’s brave and bold ambitions and others deriding it as an arrogant folly. Adam Driver leads the cast, which also includes Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, and Jon Voight.
Coppola has not yet announced the film’s U.S. distributor.
“America was founded on the ideas of the Roman Republic,” he said at a press conference in Cannes. “We didn’t want a king, and Rome didn’t want a king, so they invented a new form of government called a republic, with a senate, Roman law, and everything we would accept.”
As reported by Breitbart News, director Coppola praised his work. megalopolis The cast includes Oscar winner Jon Voight, who is an outspoken Trump supporter.
“One of the things about our amazing cast is that they represent all kinds of political ideas,” Coppola said.
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