48/29

The city of New Rome faces a duel between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist who preaches a utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Among them is Julia Cicero, whose loyalty is 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 financial debts. Pre-production finally began in 2001, after 30 hours of second unit footage was shot and a table read featuring Paul Newman, Uma Thurman, Robert De Niro, James Gandolfini, Nicolas Cage, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Edie Falco and Kevin Spacey. the project was canceled after the 9/11 attacks because a scene in the script (page 166) " the attacks. Coppola abandoned the project entirely in 2007 and only resumed development in 2019. The security video of Cicero entering Ceasars office is said to be from two different cameras, as indicated by the small text in the upper left corner. Same shot reversed and slightly tilted. Hamilton Crassus III: What do you think of this bone I got? The "Ultimate IMAX Experience" In the film version, a live actor asks questions at the filmed press conference. Link on The John Campea Show: Adam Driver hosts Francis Ford Coppola’s new film Megalopolis (2022). My Pledge Written by Grace VanderWaal Performed by Grace VanderWaal courtesy of Columbia Records. By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Produced and arranged by Kris Kukul. Spoiler: the Roman Empire has collapsed. And so is this movie. Coppola wants to say something, but after 140 minutes we don’t know what. The themes (yes, plural, too many) are actually interesting: creation/destruction, utopia, leaders, democracy, moral corruption, future, civilizations… all great themes. But somehow they don’t materialize into a coherent story. Or at least the storytelling. It starts out very shallow, with deep dialogue and characters we don’t care about. How to make Aubrey Plaza one dimensional? The entire cast is criminally underused. Adam Driver isn’t bad, but this could have been something big. There are a lot of missed opportunities here. Don’t even get me started on LaBeouf. The only person who manages to add some power is the stunning Kathryn Hunter. It’s so captivating. Oddly, there were scenes that looked and felt like they were directed by someone who just started film school. I was confused that this was a Coppola film. Personally, I didn’t like many of the stylistic choices either: music that sounded like my uncle had forgotten the radio. Costumes that looked like they were stolen from Babylon. And don’t even get me started on Jon Voights arrows. What I liked was the vision and creation of the new city towards the end. It was visually fantastic. Something new arose among the old, but somehow it was intertwined. More on this please. At the end of the day, this film has big goals, but unfortunately falls short of them. Boring, unengaging and all over the place. It falls right before your eyes. So in a way… it captured the feel of the Roman Empire… Check out this list of exciting new films from this year’s film festivals, including Venice, TIFF, New York Film Festival and more.