We can now see the result of Francis Ford Coppola’s most ambitious film starring Adam Driver
It is one of the most ambitious science fiction films: it has been in development for 40 years and its more than $120 million budget has come from the pocket of its director: Francis Ford Coppola. It has been difficult, but Megalopolis It’s done and we can finally see the result. At least, a part of it with the first ‘teaser’ of the film, which you can see on these lines.
Megalopolis, starring Adam Driver and Giancarlo Esposito, is set in a future in which New York has been destroyed after an accident. Driver is Cease, an ambitious and idealistic architect who wants to build a utopia. Esposito is the mayor Frank Cicerowhich prevents the protagonist’s plans from being carried out.
The debate between both characters is whether to embrace the future with renewable materials or carry out a reconstruction strategy as it has always been done: with corrupt power. In the middle of this battle is Juliathe mayor’s daughter played by Nathalie Emmanuel and who is looking for meaning in her life.
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In the first preview of Megalopolis, Driver goes out of the window at the top of a New York skyscraper and, when he is about to fall, time stops. The video is just a snapshot of the style of film that Coppola has directed, which will be presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
It was Coppola himself who shared the preview through his Instagram account. “Megalopolis It has always been a film dedicated to my dear wife Eleanor. I could have celebrated his birthday together this May 4th. Sadly, it cannot be, so please share this gift with everyone in his name,” the filmmaker wrote in his publication.
A few have already been able to see Megalopolis and the reactions are diverse. On the one hand, there are people who claim that it is “epic” and “amazing.” On the other hand, those who say that it has “zero commercial prospects”hence Megalopolis It could be one of the biggest failures of science fiction.
At the moment, the film does not have any of the large companies for distribution, only The Pacte has acquired the rights in France. Surely the reactions to the film in Cannes will have an impact on its future in cinemas.
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