I've read that it's an experimental movie with more in common with Picasso and
Pollock than with Kubrick, Malick and Warhol. You're supposed to figure out
its deeper meanings on your own.
A standing ovation at Cannes to me is the same as what happens after every
Broadway show, regardless of quality. ("Blonde" got a 14-minute ovation at
Venice and I thought it supremely overrated.) Coppola is revered, but
everything I've read - and it's a lot - indicates it's even MORE impenetrable
than the monolith in 2001, so puzzling that no one will distribute it. It's
sad for any creative to put their heart into something, hoping it will be
universally lauded when in fact, mold-breaking art is better off made to please
yourself vs. caring what people think. He still envisions IMAX screenings and
a wide release at AMC/Regal and that's not going to happen unless a benefactor
who spent more than the $120 million Coppola bankrolled himself - rolls the
dice and puts out another misleading trailer akin to how early audiences rushed
to see "Poor Things," which experienced a fair number of walkouts this past
winter despite that movie being a straight-forward sexual romp with surreal
imagery. Not for everyone so the hope is the rest of us will see it via a
streamer. -d.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/movies/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppolas-guide.html
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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’: What to
Know<https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/movies/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppolas-guide.html>
After its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, we can answer your many
questions, though some details still puzzle us.
www.nytimes.com
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cool i guess my gut feeling still is working..so happy for Francis his
dad Carmine was leader conductor of the Detroit symphony
God bless Francis ! a woman i knew that worked at ILM said Francis
Collected old projection like Magic lanterns and zoetrops as i was realy
in toaold projectsion fromthe 1800s on...
he even called his company Zoetrope studios.
Tom
Hollywood dream factory®
since 1977
On 2024-05-17 17:20, Kirby McDaniel wrote:
> Yes, it was shown at Cannes and elicited a 7 minute standing ovation.
>
>> On May 17, 2024, at 4:16 PM, Tom Martin
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> my son thought it sounded good bbut the finance part of Hollywood
>> seems like its a lot different then back in teh 70s...i heard sherry
>> redstone was talking about mergeing Paramount with Warner br others
>> and doing mega deals... iam so removed from it alli have no idea who
>> is who...you would think some one would help copolla do his [assion
>> Projecty... Corman just passed so theold Gaurd seemsto be leaving..
>> God bless Francis andhope he gets his project out there..
>>
>> Best Tom
>> Hollywood dream factory®
>> since 1977
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2024-05-17 16:33, Alan Adler wrote:
>>> Hi Tom -
>>> I thought it was finished and being presented at Cannes, but
>>> Coppola’s
>>> been on the bone of this epic project for decades. The reviews so far
>>> fluctuate between better than Godfather and Apocolypse Now and a
>>> walk-out-of-the theater head-scratcher (shades of 2001’s premiere).
>>> The trailer looks very Chris Nolan, but Coppola’s deep emotions
>>> running beneath. Can’t wait for it. Nobody makes game changing pix
>>> like FFC.
>>> Alan
>>>> On May 17, 2024, at 1:24 PM, Tom Martin
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> my son said Fr Francis Ford Coppola was is in Cannes trying to raise
>>>> money to promot itas its his life passion film I guesss he sold off
>>>> some of hiis winereyin calif to raise funds andis tryingto partner
>>>> with some entertainment giants to match his 100 million..
>>>> funny how filmmakers and musicians get a personal passion for
>>>> projects as wellas inventors.. like Edison >tesla, Walt Disny etc..
>>>> so considering FRancis is inhis 80s?? its a testament to creative
>>>> people andhow they keep thinking new ideas..
>>>> I rememberseeing that film that phillip Glass did the soundtrack
>>>> itwas a moving work...
>>>> and i loved TUCKer he did with George Lucas... great film
>>>> I have not seen anything fromthe movie./.... bet its Good..
>>>> the content is so oversatuated by netflix, cable and the streaming
>>>> i just havea single antenna and onlywatch basic tv channels and
>>>> amoverwhelmed by that,,, I dont stream or even get dvds iam givine a
>>>> whole case of DVDS to my son i kept one..
>>>> Jurrassic park...that was one ofthe last wow films i saw in 1993
>>>> Tom
>>>> Hollywood dream Factory®
>>>> since 1977
>>>> On 2024-05-17 11:25, Alan Adler wrote:
>>>>> Anyone from Mopolopolis seen Megalopolis?
>>>>> Alan
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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