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Coppola abandoned the project altogether in 2007
Narrative
The city of New Rome faces a duel between Cesar Catilina, a great artist who advocates for a utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklin 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 in part due to his financial debts. Pre-production finally began in 2001, with 30 hours of second unit footage shot and a table read with Paul Newman, Uma Thurman, Robert De Niro, James Gandolfini, Nicolas Cage, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Edie Falco and Kevin Spacey. the project was shelved after the 9/11 attacks because a scene in the script (page 166) "predicted" attacks. and started creating it again only in 2019. The security video of Cicero entering Ceasars office should be two different cameras as the small text in the upper left corner indicates.
Performed by Grace VanderWaal
It’s just the same footage flipped and tilted a bit.. Hamilton Crassus III: What do you think of this dice I have? "The Ultimate IMAX Experience" the film version features a live actor asking questions during a filmed press conference. Link to John Campea Show: Adam Driver Leads Francis Ford Coppola’s New Film Megalopolis (2022). “My Promise” Written by Grace VanderWaal. Courtesy of Columbia Records Produced and orchestrated by Kris Kukul under arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment. You can see every penny on the screen.
Don’t forget the Marcus Aurelius quotes
That’s the good thing about Francis Ford Coppola’s latest and probably last film. Between the actors, the costumes, and the sets that recreate New York as New Rome, you can see it all. The only question is why did 42nd Street from Third Avenue to Times Square remain intact, but what about the movie theaters from 7th to 8th Avenue? But naturally, we are skeptical of what is essentially a fascinating biography of Robert Moses. . Especially when Ayn Rand wrote it as a response to METROPOLIS and then pitched it to Abel Gance, who convinced him to make a movie about Julius Caesar instead of Napoleon. All in all, this is a very learned film.
what do i think The performances are great
To understand the details, you have to have read a lot of Roman history, seen a lot of silent films, and be familiar with New York in the second half of the 20th century, including the run of the middle and upper classes from the 1950s. until 1980 Because of the vagaries of my upbringing and the chaotic course of self-education, I can say those things. So. However, as with many films these days, I wonder who Coppola made this film for. He is said to have spent about $140 million of his own money on the feature. A general rule of thumb is that to break even, a film needs to make roughly twice its production costs. I don’t see a large enough audience to produce $300,000,000 in tickets and secondary rights.
I also don’t believe this movie will ruin it
It’s just too long, a shaggy dog story about love and artistic vision taking precedence over anything else. Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time Coppola has let her artistic ambitions get the best of her; although APOCALYPSE NOW is said to have made its money back in the end, I have my doubts if you add interest costs. Of course, ONE FROM THE HEART was a disaster, and he spent a couple of decades making beautifully commercial films from other sources so he could dig in and let wineries and restaurants make money. There are certainly enough moviegoers out there to make the net loss from this bearable. All of which goes a long way toward answering my question of who Coppola’s target audience was.