46/42
Coppola abandoned the project entirely in 2007 and didn’t start developing it again until 2019
Synopsis
The city of Nova Roma faces a duel between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist who advocates a utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Among them is Julia Cicero, whose loyalties are divided between her father and her lover. Francis Ford Coppola wrote the screenplay in the early 1980s, but the film was shelved, partly due to his financial debts. Pre-production finally began in 2001 with 30 hours of second-unit footage and table readings with Paul Newman, Uma Thurman, Robert De Niro, James Gandolfini, Nicolas Cage, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Edie Falcon and Kevin Spacey, but the project was scrapped on September 11 .day after the attacks because the scene in the script (page 166) “predicted” the attacks.
It’s just the same material flipped and slightly tilted
The security footage of Cicero entering Cesar’s office is reportedly from two different cameras, as the small text in the upper left corner indicates. Hamilton Crassus III: What do you think of this lust I have? "Ultimate IMAX Experience" in the film, the actor asks questions during the filmed press conference. Mentioned on The John Campea Show: Adam Driver directs Francis Ford Coppola’s new film Megalopolis (2022).
Embarrassing dialogue and bad script that he couldn’t fake
My Promises Written by Grace VanderWaal Performed by Grace VanderWaal Courtesy of Columbia Records Application with Sony Music Entertainment Produced and orchestrated by Kris Kukul. This movie reminded me of The Room and Adam Driver’s performance was more than Tommy Wiseau’s. Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel had no chemistry at all. Since this was filmed during the pandemic, I wonder if they met the actor before or if they were thrown out of zoom.
The footage looked like a 2003 made-for-TV movie edited on Windows 95
I bet Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel and Aubrey Plaza will get Razzie nominations and may even win. I’ve never seen a group of actors so “talented” without the self-awareness that they embarrass themselves and make us question whether they’re really 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 just learned their lines 5 minutes earlier. That Hamlet opening speech was one of the worst I’ve ever seen.
This was modest, superficial and a waste of money
It’s not even that bad, it’s good because I couldn’t follow the plot because everything was so confusing. Check out our list of exciting new films from this year’s film festivals, including Venice, TIFF, New York Film Festival and more.