Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Sure, it’s a downward trajectory
Megalopolis - Francis Ford Coppola
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krtek a houby
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Iirc, there were critics at the time saying that the films were a metaphor for the rise and fall of the US.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Bunch of crooks takes over ownership of things and exploits everyone else. Bunch of crooks fall out with one another, kill each other for a bit (while continuing to exploit everyone else). And um, not sure I've even seen 3, but I presume it involves a bunch of crooks taking ownership of shit and exploiting everyone else while killing each other.
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Maybe the critics are right. Probably not in the way they think they are right, though. And probably not at all tbh.
Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
Haven't seen it (or any of them) in at least 15 years. I hate GFII, it's long and miserable as fuck. At least when Joey Zasa shows up in III he livens things up.
krtek a houby
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Coppola wanted James Cagney in part 2 . Am guessing for the Hyman Roth part.
That would have been incredible.
Voley
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On its own Godfather 3 is pretty much how everyone says it is, I think.
But if you're watching it as part of the whole trilogy it makes more sense though. I did the lot on consecutive evenings once when I was ill and I thought it rounded it all off well. The death scene is particularly bleak. On his own, hated by everyone, in contrast to Marlon Brando who literally carks it playing hide and seek with his grandson.
But if you're watching it as part of the whole trilogy it makes more sense though. I did the lot on consecutive evenings once when I was ill and I thought it rounded it all off well. The death scene is particularly bleak. On his own, hated by everyone, in contrast to Marlon Brando who literally carks it playing hide and seek with his grandson.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Yes, it highlights all the boring, yet most destructive, elements of patriarchal toxicity. That it was never meant for Michael and yet he adapted to it so quickly is the tragic line through the story I guess. He lost himself, and so he lost everyone else too.
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bcuster
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This is going to be monumental
variety.com
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Gets Global Screen Commitment From Imax
Imax has committed screens around the world to show Francis Ford Coppola's magnum opus 'Megalopolis.'
variety.com
It's worth reading this if you haven’t already (lots of the big 70's directors don't come out of it well but AFAIA none if them have sued him so...)An article here
‘Has this guy ever made a movie before?’ Francis Ford Coppola’s 40-year battle to film Megalopolis
The director has spent half his life and $120m of his own money to make his sci-fi epic. Just days ahead of its debut in Cannes, some of his crew members are questioning his methodswww.theguardian.com
Coppola doesn’t come out of it this well from the reports of his behaviour on set
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls - Wikipedia
bcuster
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This is going to be HUGE!
deadline.com
‘Megalopolis’ Debuts At Cannes With 7-Minute Standing Ovation
Francis Ford Coppola's dystopian epic Megalopolis had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16.
deadline.com
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I am aware of that book but never read it, I will look in the library tomorrow - thank youIt's worth reading this if you haven’t already (lots of the big 70's directors don't come out of it well but AFAIA none if them have sued him so...)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls - Wikipedia
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krtek a houby
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Another that's been gathering dust on the shelves and never read. Unwanted gift at the time, maybe will read after all.It's worth reading this if you haven’t already (lots of the big 70's directors don't come out of it well but AFAIA none if them have sued him so...)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls - Wikipedia
bcuster
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'Megalopolis': Francis Ford Coppola's $120M film debuts at Cannes. It's hard to look away from the epic.
From early reviews to what happened on the set, what to know about Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis."
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Never made it to the end of Godfather 2. I didn't know what was going on and I didn't give a shit. The first one is well made and nice to look at but completely hollow.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Gaurdian review ....
www.theguardian.com
Megalopolis review – Coppola’s passion project is megabloated and megaboring
Francis Ford Coppola’s question – can the US empire last forever? – may be valid but flashes of humour cannot rescue this conspiracy thriller from awful acting and dull effects
Yossarian
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Reviews seem split around 50//50 between positive and negative. From Rolling Stone:
It’s a conceptual dream project that the filmmaker has been chasing for close to half of his life, and had he made and released this at any point in the early 21st century, it would have felt singular. In 2024, this personal, profound, perversely optimistic movie about slouching toward Utopia Now on a self-financed $120 million budget feels like a fucking unicorn.
It’s also the sort of movie that Cannes was made to premiere, showcase and give the red carpet treatment to, in that it’s the work of a genuine artist who is shooting for the moon in the most extravagant way possible. Say what you will about this grand gesture at filtering Edward Gibbon’s history lessons through a lens darkly, it is exactly the movie that Coppola set out to make — uncompromising, uniquely intellectual, unabashedly romantic (upper-case and lower-case R), broadly satirical yet remarkably sincere about wanting not just brave new worlds but better ones. Does it sometimes feel as if it’s distilling decades’ worth of book-club readings and coffee-klatch conversations into a tightly packed two hours? Yes. Was it worth the wait? Dear god, yes.
It’s a conceptual dream project that the filmmaker has been chasing for close to half of his life, and had he made and released this at any point in the early 21st century, it would have felt singular. In 2024, this personal, profound, perversely optimistic movie about slouching toward Utopia Now on a self-financed $120 million budget feels like a fucking unicorn.
It’s also the sort of movie that Cannes was made to premiere, showcase and give the red carpet treatment to, in that it’s the work of a genuine artist who is shooting for the moon in the most extravagant way possible. Say what you will about this grand gesture at filtering Edward Gibbon’s history lessons through a lens darkly, it is exactly the movie that Coppola set out to make — uncompromising, uniquely intellectual, unabashedly romantic (upper-case and lower-case R), broadly satirical yet remarkably sincere about wanting not just brave new worlds but better ones. Does it sometimes feel as if it’s distilling decades’ worth of book-club readings and coffee-klatch conversations into a tightly packed two hours? Yes. Was it worth the wait? Dear god, yes.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Bradshaw, mind...Gaurdian review ....
Megalopolis review – Coppola’s passion project is megabloated and megaboring
Francis Ford Coppola’s question – can the US empire last forever? – may be valid but flashes of humour cannot rescue this conspiracy thriller from awful acting and dull effects
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Don't know him. Are his reviews unreliable?
krtek a houby
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They can be. He's also notorious for giving away spoilers.
As ever, it's always subjective and it depends on how you feel about the film in question.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Trailer at the cinema tonight. Hard to know what the film will actually be like, but the world created by Coppola that we glimpse into looks immense and interesting and different. Think I am curious enough to see it.
Said it was going to be available in IMAX too. Might have to pop on a train to the nearest one.
Said it was going to be available in IMAX too. Might have to pop on a train to the nearest one.
ska invita
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trailers on youtube doesnt give much away but looks creative
polarising and bloated sounds good to me - sounds like something different for once - actually tempting me into the cinema ... UK release date 27 September 2024
polarising and bloated sounds good to me - sounds like something different for once - actually tempting me into the cinema ... UK release date 27 September 2024
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
This doesn’t sound good, there were earlier stories about but some more detail in the link.
www.theguardian.com
Video emerges of Francis Ford Coppola kissing female extras on set
The film-maker has been accused of acting inappropriately on the set of his self-funded sci-fi epic Megalopolis
ska invita
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3 weeks to go! genuinely looking forward to a film, novelty!!
ska invita
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Out on Friday... seems to have a fairly wide release.... not in any of my local cinemas though, all full of star wars reruns and shaun of the dead and mean girls wtf
ska invita
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its on just not near me...well not that far away but thing is ive got a voucher for vue and that means croydon or north london... <<<too much information!
DJWrongspeed
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Favelado
J'adore South Shore
I don't think Kermode does that generally. I think once he's got it in for someone then he's got it in for them forever, but I don't think he goes looking to bring down directors just because of big reputations.
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