The Unnecessary Doom of 'Megalopolis'

Few directors have a more legendary filmography than Francis Ford Coppola, the mind behind The Godfather trilogy, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now. But Megalopolis, hitting cinemas this weekend, is the most ambitious project of his career. For Coppola, Megalopolis isn’t just another film. Self-financed at a cost of $120 million, it’s a culmination of his vision of “Zoetrope filmmaking.” It’s not just a movie; it’s his vision for a revolution in filmmaking. If you see it in cinemas, at one point, a staff member of the cinema will walk up to the screen and ask questions of Adam Driver’s character, who will respond in turn. But you’ll likely be seeing it with only a few others. It’s expected to be one of the biggest flops of the year.