Movie Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ is a wild fever dream of excess and idealism
If anything is clear about “Megalopolis,” it’s that Francis Ford Coppola has a lot on his mind.The legendary filmmaker spent decades on this Roman-style epic, set in the present day, about a civilization on the brink of collapse. A wealthy and powerful few of the old guard are running the gilded city of New Rome into the ground, a new generation is embroiled in a stalemate of a culture war between hedonists and puritans and a visionary architect caught in the middle is dreaming up a different future. But none of that captures the wild experience of actually watching “Megalopolis,” a sprawling, operatic, clumsy and fascinating film that should inspire discussions for many years to come. “Megalopolis” is not a disaster, but it’s far from a success. It’s a bacchanalia that’s bursting with so many ideas, so many characters, so many great lines and truly terrible ones as well that it’s nearly impossible to digest in a single, baffling viewing.If there is a center to this story it’s Adam Driver’s Cesar Catilina, an…
25 Sep 20:37 · iNFOnews.ca