A clip for probably the most anticipated movies of Cannes has been unveiled this morning by author/director Francis Ford Coppola. Opening with that well-known American Zoetrope brand from the Seventies, the clip begins with Adam Driver’s character exiting a window on the high ground of a skyscraper and slowly inching in the direction of the constructing’s sloped edge. As he bends to look down on the road beneath, then lifts a leg to step off, he loses his stability and yells, “Time cease!” The world freezes and Driver’s character is ready to lean again and regain his footing earlier than snapping time again into motion. If one appears to be like deep sufficient, a metaphor may be discovered for Coppola’s whole cinematic profession inside this straightforward two minute scene.
The movie’s official description reads: “Megalopolis” is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Trendy America. The Metropolis of New Rome should change, inflicting battle between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap right into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who stays dedicated to a regressive establishment, perpetuating greed, particular pursuits, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to find what she really believes humanity deserves.
Coppola remains to be looking for distribution for the movie, whereas on the similar time dealing with tragedies in his private life on account of the passing of his spouse, fellow filmmaker, author, and artist Eleanor Coppola. In a submit on his Instagram this morning, Francis wrote, “Megalopolis has all the time been a movie devoted to my expensive spouse Eleanor. I actually had hoped to have fun her birthday collectively this Could 4th. However sadly that was to not be, so let me share with everybody a present on her behalf.”
The movie additionally options performances from Shia LaBoeuf, Aubrey Plaza, Lawrence Fishbourne, and Jon Voight, in addition to Coppola’s personal sister and nephew, Talia Shire and Jason Schwartzman. Coppola self-financed the $120 million manufacturing by the sale of one in every of his vineyards and has a protracted historical past of betting on himself. In talking on the sort of distribution deal Coppola’s on the lookout for, his longtime lawyer and producer, Barry Hirsh stated, “We should be as artistic within the dealmaking as Francis was making this film. Individuals have informed me that the film is in contrast to something they’ve ever seen earlier than, and possibly that’s the place the dealmaking will should be.”
Watch the primary clip from “Megalopolis” beneath.