41/18
166) “pretended” to be a real-life attack
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The city of New Rome faces a duel between Caesar Catiline, a brilliant artist who favors a utopian future, and greedy mayor Franklin Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, whose loyalties are divided between her father and her lover. Francis Ford Coppola wrote the screenplay in the early 1980s, but the film was shelved in part due to his financial debts. Pre-production finally began in 2001, after 30 hours of second unit footage had been shot and a table read was held 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 September 11 attacks because the script’s plot (p. Coppola abandoned the project entirely in 2007, and did not resume development until 2019.
It’s simply the same footage flipped and slightly crooked
The security footage of Cicero entering Caesar’s office is from two different cameras, as indicated by the small text in the upper left corner. Hamilton Crassus III: What do you think of this mana die? "The Ultimate IMAX Experience" in the theatrical version, the live actor asks questions during the filmed press conference. Reference to The John Campea Show: Adam Driver stars in Francis Ford Coppola’s new film Megalopolis (2022). My Pledge Written by Grace VanderWaal Performed by Grace VanderWaal with permission of Columbia Records By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Produced and orchestrated by Chris Kukul.
So much so that he personally rated it 10/10 on the film platform Letterboxd
“Megalopolis” 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. Plus, the experience of sitting in a nearly empty IMAX theater with only a few others added to the atmosphere… Aside from that, Adam Driver’s Oscar-worthy performance and stunning visual effects looked beautiful on the big screen, nothing else in this movie is worthy of praise. The plot follows the genius scientist Caesar, the revolutionary material “Megalopolis” 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. Envy, jealousy, greed and lust for power are other themes that form the essence of this work.
Coppola doesn’t shy away from weaving in political commentary and reflections on human existence
When I think of the themes in the film, you’d think it’s a good movie. On the contrary, all of these themes are destroyed by the chaos of the narrative, which I think is due to the director’s pretentious ambitions to present a ‘megalomania’ piece of art. The editing and narration are disjointed – the film jumps from scene to scene without coherence, which becomes boring after just fifteen minutes. By the halfway point I had completely lost interest in the story and was just waiting for it to end. While most of the cast is well-known, it’s hard to connect with any of the characters – most of them are shallow and some are completely unnecessary.
The only character I connected with was Caesar, thanks to Adam Driver’s excellent performance
His ability to convey Caesar’s mania, dialogue, and emotions is probably the reason I stayed engaged in the first place, rather than the depth of the character itself. The dialogue is varied: sometimes brilliant, sometimes dull, which made for a rather uneven experience. The cinematography is excellent and if Coppola had focused primarily on this element, this film could have been exceptional.