Reflections on MEGALOPOLIS and Coppola
In defense of Francis Ford Coppola's very ambitious and VERY silly swan song. By: Josh McCormack This weekend I was one of the few people who paid to see Francis Ford Coppola’s latest (and presumably final) film, “Megalopolis”. While many others with blogs and TikTok accounts seem to be using the movie as merely a punchline–especially after the news of its “disastrous” weekend box office–I want this blog to be somewhat of a celebration of the madness that is “Megalopolis”. Am I going to try and convince the reader that “Megalopolis” is some sort of misunderstood masterpiece? Or that the bizarre performances given by its ensemble cast are all secretly brilliant? Absolutely not. I do think, however, that an auteur director like Coppola taking such a big swing and putting his own fortune into a bizarre piece of work that is now playing on 2,000 screens across the country is something worth celebrating. So what the hell is this movie? A maximalist take down of modern capitalism? An
