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Francis Ford Coppola's Impossible New Sci-Fi Movie is Even Weirder Than We Thought
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They had me at "batshit crazy".
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2024
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Batshit crazy sci-fi, decades in the works, completely self-funded, from a beloved director? This gon' be gud, even if it sucks.
The same guy who did the same thing back in the 70s and the result was "Apocalypse Now"?
I didn't see that one, but I did see Jack, which was pretty good, I guess.
This sounds like my kinda thing.
They had me at "Adam Driver with that haircut"
The cast looks absolutely incredible.
Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne and on and on....
The things that makes me sad is the only way something like this can get made in the studios is if the names attached are guaranteed to draw a crowd. Everything else is safe and calculated.
40 years ago “Hollywood” started to pretend that it was making pencils and not art. That every production had to be a safe sure thing. Let’s all make the McDonald’s hamburger of movies just about every time, we’ll let you take a chance if you break a billion in profit but otherwise we want vanilla predictable serotonin juicers and nothing else…
I won’t see anything anymore unless it has something new to offer. Otherwise they can all fuck off!
There was a time where any given weekend, something new came out that I wanted to see.
Now I am lucky if there's a movie I think looks good once a year.
The things that makes me sad is the only way something like this can get made in the studios is if the names attached are guaranteed to draw a crowd.
Well this had big names attached and couldn't get studio funding. As it's been described as having "zero commercial prospects" I don't imagine buyers are falling over themselves to pick this up, although it should make it to cinemas eventually.
Good point, but it even solidifies what I am saying even more. Even with everything Coppola has done he still had to put up his own money, I mean he did this before with Apocalypse Now and had to mortgage his house.
Despite running Zoetrope since the early 70s and making a long string of commercial successes, no one wants to front the money.
Thing is he will probably make more on the backend anyway since he is taking all the risk and once it’s done he’ll have no trouble finding distribution. Hell, he’ll could probably self distribute and make insane amounts of money.
Hollywood is on a slow track to irrelevance just like TV. Who would have thought that Coppolas famous “fat girl in Ohio” statement would be about himself…
It's outrageous that he would say that. What a mean, despicable statement. Everyone knows there's nothing good about Ohio.
once it’s done he’ll have no trouble finding distribution.
It is done and he's having trouble finding distribution. Did you even read the article?
Five years later, the movie was finally screened for potential buyers last week, and reactions were both exciting and confusing.
The salient points from the article were posted right here on Lemmy. You didn't even have to click the link.
I read part of the article and thought I finished because on mobile it’s broken up by a bunch of advertisements. I missed some details but my point still stands. I am speaking less about this specific project and more about the state of the industry and how it has been diluted.
“Francis, we love it! Everyone here is really excited about it. I haven’t stopped talking about it since—ask Janice! Isn’t that right, Janice? [laughs] We just want to make sure everyone else loves it too, you know? So, there was an idea kicking around the office the other day that I think you’ll be really excited about. Do you think, there is any way, we could, maybe, put iron man in it?”
Huh, didn't know he looks like midpoint of a transformation from Nicolas Cage to Adam Driver.
I mean, he is Nicholas Cage's uncle, so some of that makes sense.
Yeah, I know, but I'm not aware of any relation to Adam Driver.
Apparently he's Adam Drivers nephew
By marriage.
Once removed on his aunt's side.
It's not clear in the article that was posted, but that preview image is Adam Driver.
He's in the film as a character named Caesar, according to this other article showing Driver in the same costume:
Oh, whew. That explains a lot.
so all an aspiring filmmaker needs to do is build a successful winery first.. then you can afford to make your batshit crazy dream..
- Be rich
- Don't be poor
Really the advice for the ages.
I'm 100% convinced that this is going to be an unbelievable mess of a film. That doesn't necessarily mean bad, because something can be an interesting mess, but yeah this is for sure going to be a huge mess lol.
Ah I remember that last great film Coppola had total control over, Apocalypse Now. It had absolutely no problems during it's filming. None at all. /s
"Remember Phantom Menace? We 'member."
It's always a good idea to let a director have complete control...
I 'member.
That said, a competent director executing their vision with little studio interference is always memorable. I'd rather watch TPM than Rebel Moon and am tempted to go and see it when it gets a cinematic re-release. I may regret it but it'll be memorable.
Fair enough. Sometimes it works out.