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Coppola completely abandoned the project in 2007 and didn’t begin developing it until 2019
Scenario
The city of New Rome is faced with a duel between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist who advocates a utopian future, and greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, whose loyalties are divided between her father and her lover. Francis Ford Coppola wrote the script in the early 1980s, but the film was shelved, in part because of his financial debts. Pre-production finally began in 2001 after shooting 30 hours of second takes and doing table reads with Paul Newman, Uma Thurman, Robert De Niro, James Gandolfini, Nicolas Cage, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Edie Falco, and Kevin Spacey, but the project was abandoned after the 9/11 attacks because a scene in the script (page 166) “predicted” the attacks.
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There are many moments throughout the film where hand movements jump between cuts. The “Ultimate IMAX Experience” version of the film features a live actor asking questions during a filmed press conference. Mentioned on The John Campea Show: Adam Driver to star in Francis Ford Coppola’s new film Megalopolis (2022). My VowWritten by Grace VanderWaalPerformed by Grace VanderWaalCourtesy of Columbia RecordsWith permission from Sony Music EntertainmentProduced and arranged by Kris Kukula.
Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel had no chemistry
This film reminded me of The Room, and Adam Driver’s performance was more like Tommy Wiseau. Embarrassing dialogue and a bad script that he couldn’t get through. Since the movie was filmed during the pandemic, I wonder if they even met before being cast or if they were just cast over Zoom. I bet Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Aubrey Plaza will all get Razzie nominations and maybe even win.
It was pretentious, shallow, and a waste of money
I have never seen such a “talented” group of actors who lack the self-awareness to embarrass themselves and make us wonder if they are actually talented. I left before the end because I couldn’t stand the bad dialogue, it was like the actors were talking to a wall and had only learned their lines 5 minutes before. That opening speech from Hamlet was one of the worst I have ever seen. The cinematography looked like a 2003 TV movie edited on Windows 95.
It’s not that bad, it’s good because I couldn’t follow the plot because it was everywhere
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