13/18
Coppola abandoned the project entirely in 2007 and did not begin development again until 2019
Synopsis
The city of New Rome faces a duel between Cesare Catilina, a brilliant artist who advocates a utopian future, and Franklin Cicero, the greedy mayor. Among them is Julia Cicero, whose loyalty is 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 after shooting 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 is after the 9/11 attacks, because the script scene (page 166) "predicted" attacks.
It’s just the same material turned and tilted a bit
The security footage of Cicero arriving at Caesar’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 opening I have? "The ultimate IMAX experience" in the film version, the actor asks questions during a taped press conference. Referenced on The John Campea Show: Adam Driver Directs Francis Ford Coppola’s New Movie Megalopolis (2022).
Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel had no chemistry
My PledgeWritten 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 reminiscent of Tommy Wiseau. Tired dialogue and bad writing that he couldn’t fake. Since this was filmed during the pandemic, I wonder if they even met before acting or if they just came out of zooming.
The footage looked like a 2003 TV movie edited on Windows 95
I’m betting Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel and Aubrey Plaza will get Razzie nominations and maybe even win. I’ve never seen such a “talented” group of actors who lack so much self-awareness that they embarrass themselves and make us wonder if they really are talented. I left before the end because I couldn’t stand the bad dialogue, it felt like the actors were talking to a wall and they just learned their lines 5 minutes ago. That Hamlet opening speech was one of the worst I’ve ever seen.
This was low key, superficial and a waste of money
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