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An Earnest Attempt to Explain Everything That Happens in Megalopolis
Is it an allegory? Kind of. Is it a myth? No … Is it a future history with a brief subplot about deep fakes? That’s closer to the spirit of the film.
On Monday night, Francis Ford Coppola sat down with Robert De Niro and Spike Lee for a conversation aboutCoppola’s self-funded, production-hell-laden new film, Megalopolis, how they all know each other (the answer: “from living in New York City”), and their thoughts on America. The rich continue to indulge — so, too, does Cesar, taking drugs and showing up at their events, albeit bitterly — while Coppola depicts the general populace falling into bouts of civil unrest, protests, and monochrome filth, hovering around trash fires for warmth and comfort. Vesta’s image is dependent on her virginity — they literally auction her body at Crassus and Wow Platinum’s wedding — until a sex tape that shows her in bed with Cesar plays on a big screen, interrupting her performance.
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