Megalopolis Review: Francis Ford Coppola's Passion Project Is A …

Sep 18, 2024 · Francis Ford Coppola has been dreaming about making "Megalopolis" for more than 40 years, and now, after decades of starts and stops, he delivers it to us and dares us to …

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How long has Francis Ford Coppola wanted to make 'Megalopolis'?

Francis Ford Coppola has been dreaming about making 'Megalopolis' for more than 40 years, and now, after decades of starts and stops, he delivers it to us and dares us to make sense of it all. ...

Will Francis Ford Coppola make a 'megalopolis' starring Adam Driver?

The film has been Coppola’s passion project for more than 40 years, and the result is something only his most ardent and completionist fans might appreciate. Francis Ford Coppola has made some stone-cold classics. His sci-fi epic "Megalopolis," a B-movie wannabe starring Adam Driver, is not one of them. ...

Is Megalopolis a bad movie?

The Hollywood Reporter 's David Rooney was similarly mixed in his feelings on the film: "Francis Ford Coppola's passion project MEGALOPOLIS is a lot of movie, much of it quite bad. But you have to respect the staggering ambition of this epic folly, a mashup of the Roman Empire with modern day New York in chaos." ...

How does Francis Ford Coppola depict New Rome?

In 'Megalopolis', Francis Ford Coppola paints New Rome as a place of decay and disarray. The mayor is ineffectual and against change, and yet, change is also depicted as a problem: many of Catilina's building projects have displaced lower-class people from their homes, a fact that Clodio exploits for his own gain. ...

Is Megalopolis a homage to Coppola?

The director’s first film in 13 years – after the maligned 2011 drama Twixt, which hasn’t quite gained the critical reappraisal that has become de rigueur for artists of the director’s stature – Megalopolis erects a big tent of ideas to form something of an homage to the Coppola canon. ...

When is 'Megalopolis' released in theaters?

Francis Ford Coppola's passion project Megalopolis opens in theaters on September 27, 2024. Here's our review of the long-gestating film, which is both messy and a must-see. ...