Francis Ford Coppola will travel the country with its latest film “Megalopolis“To facilitate discussions about America’s future.
“Megalopolis” plays Adam as an architect Cesar Catilina, who strives to create a utopian city while fighting Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito). Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne and Aubrey Plaza co-star in the Cannes feature that Coppola self-financed for $ 120 million. It will soon turn into one Graphic novel with a release in October 2025.
Coppola’s tour with Living nation is titled “One evening with Francis Ford Coppola and ‘Megalopolis’, with the director who goes to six different cities to show the film. After the feature, Coppola will participate in an interactive discussion with the audience about the theme” How to change our future. “Tickets are now for sale now via Ticket master.
Coppola has long been politically active and particularly pronounced against President Trump. During a livestream event with Robert De Niro and Spike Lee 2024, Coppola explained how “megalopolis” is a metaphor for Rome’s caseWhich is also similar to how America is today, according to the filmmaker.
“People always said,“ Why do you want to make a movie about America like Rome? “, Coppola said.” Um, today is America Rome. And we are about to go through the same experience, for the same reason, that Rome lost its republic and ended with an emperor. This movie is perhaps a lot of prescient to do, a movie about America, because it will happen in a few months. “(This was before the election 2024.)
He continued, “Rome was so prosperous, Rome made a lot of money. So the senators were actually very interested in their power and its own wealth. And they did not handle the country.
“Megalopolis” has not yet been made available on any streaming platforms. The tour will be the first time the film will be taken back to the public. “This is how” megalopolis “was supposed to be seen, in a large place, with a crowd and followed by intense interactive discussions about the future,” Coppola said in a statement from Thr.
The tour for “An evening with Francis Ford Coppola and” Megalopolis “is listed below.
Sun, July 20 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts
Wed July 23 – Port Chester, new – Capitol Theater
Free, July 25th – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theater
Sun July 27 – Denver, Co – Paramount Theater
*Tue, July 29th – Dallas, TX – Texas Theater (*not a live date, tickets available Here)
Free, August 1st – San Francisco, CA – Palace of Fine Arts
