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‘Megalopolis’ Trailer Fabricates Quotes From Famous Movie Critics
The new "Megalopolis" trailer quotes harsh reviews from famed film critics — but the cited phrases can't be sourced back to any of them.
When Lionsgatereleased the second trailer for Francis Ford Coppola ‘s epic film “ Megalopolis ” on Wednesday morning, it began with a litany of pans of his past work from several renowned critics. In quotes attributed to their reviews of “The Godfather,” the trailer cites The New Yorker’s Pauline Kael as calling it “diminished by its artsiness,” and Village Voice’s Andrew Sarris as criticizing the “sloppy self-indulgent movie.” Other quotes from critics such as Roger Ebert, John Simon, Stanley Kauffmann, Vincent Canby and Rex Reed similarly flash across the screen, offering harsh critiques of Coppola’s work on masterpieces such as “Apocalypse Now.” The idea being these movies stood the test of times — their initial reactions, not so much. In his review, Variety ‘s Peter Debruge had a negative reaction to the film, writing that the “legendary director constructs a deeply personal, but sloppy allegory on his relationship to art,” adding, “Turns out, world-building — that invaluable tool of 21st-century Hollywood franchises — may not be in his wheelhouse.”
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