If there is one reason we go to the movie theaters, it is to see real madness like Megalopolisor at least that is what Francis Ford Coppola claims. The director will close his time in the film industry with what promises to be his most radical and artistically unusual project that we have ever seen.
A production that has taken him more than 40 years to complete and that will feature the participation of Adam Driver, Shia LaBeouf and Rayna Menz, among others. However, the filmmaker has not received support from Hollywood to get to work on his magnum opus and he himself has recognized in The Telegraph that this absence has hurt him.
“You know, I always felt like a creation of Hollywood. I went there for all the beautiful things they were doing. I was in awe of the place. I got to work for Roger Corman; I met Vincent Price. Now, Hollywood doesn’t want me anymore. They’re like parents who disown their wayward child: they created me, and now they don’t want me. I understand that, but it still hurts me. I accept it, but at the same time I can’t.”
Despite these words, Coppola has also addressed the issue of the alleged chaos that occurred during the filming of Megalopolis and took the opportunity to criticize the lack of creativity that exists in cinema today.
“In Hollywood, the word chaotic just means ‘not what we’re used to.’ What the studios do today is make Coca-Cola. They know there’s a good chance they’ll make money, as long as the taste stays the same. But art is chaotic. When it’s efficient, something’s wrong.”
We will see how the film will be received by the public with its Premiere on September 27, 2024. There is actually enough behind-the-scenes material to write a book about its creation.
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