Francis Ford Coppola's self-financed movie 'Megalopolis' has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, unveiling a passion project Coppola has been pondering for years.
Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday premiered his self-financed opus 'Megalopolis' at the Cannes Film Festival, unveiling a wildly ambitious passion project the 85-year-old director has been pondering for decades. Reviews ranged from 'a folly of gargantuan proportions' to 'the craziest thing I've ever seen.' But most assuredly, once again, Coppola had everyone in Cannes talking.
No debut this year was awaited with more curiosity in Cannes than 'Megalopolis,' which Coppola poured $120 million of his own money into after selling off a portion of his wine estate. Not unlike Coppola’s 'Apocalypse Now' some 45 years ago, 'Megalopolis' arrived trailed by rumors of production turmoil and doubt over its potential appeal. What Coppola unveiled defies easy categorization.
In numerous places in 'Megalopolis,' Coppola, who once penned the book 'Live Cinema and its Techniques,' experimentally pushes against filmmaking convention. At a screening Thursday, Jason Schwartzman emerged mid-film, walked across the stage to a microphone and posed a question to Driver’s character on the screen above. Several weeks ahead of Cannes, Coppola privately screened 'Megalopolis' in Los Angeles.
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