Megalopolis - Saturday 28th September 2024

Wow, what a contentious film this turned out to be! One of the greatest filmmakers of all time spends his own cash on making a film that defies conventional story-telling, and pretty much everyone berates him for it!

I went to see this with three other people; two of them absolutely hated it, whereas me and my mate didn’t think it was too bad.

Coppola absolutely deserves respect for even attempting to do something different; in an age where filmmaking is the most risk-averse, and “safe” it's ever been, it takes a filmmaker in his 80s to try and push the medium forward. Who cares if he wasn’t that successful in doing so? The film should be seen as a concept piece. Would I watch it again? Absolutely not! But did I enjoy the experience of watching it? Yes. It provided a novel experience.

Would be I be this ‘forgiving’ if it wasn’t a film by Francis Ford Coppola? Probably not. Still, if you love film, you definitely have to watch it at least once. Kudos to Coppola for having the temerity to do something different!