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Megalopolis or Megaflopolis?
Critics agree on one thing: It’s absolutely nuts.
That’s no surprise to anyone who has been following the 40-year-long making of the 138-minute passion project — the film was plagued by a controversy of “old-school” on-set behavior; early test screenings indicating just how batshit and unsalable it seems to be; and a lack of funding, which critics say manifests itself in questionable VFX choices, among other issues. “So is it a distancing work of hubris, a gigantic folly, or a bold experiment, an imaginative bid to capture our chaotic contemporary reality, both political and social, via the kind of large-canvas, high-concept storytelling that’s seldom attempted anymore? “Here, backed by an estimated $120 million of the Godfather director’s own money, is the sort of big swing audiences and critics have come to adore him for: a recklessly ambitious, ginormous epic in which humanity’s eternal themes — greed, corruption, loyalty and power — threaten to suffocate a more intimate personal crisis.” —Peter Debruge, Variety
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