THE CRITICAL DRINKER: Production Hell — Megalopolis. 

I feel badly for Francis Ford Coppola having spent decades ruminating over the film and investing a fortune into it, only to have this be the result:

But as the Drinker notes, “no matter what else you might think about this film and the man who created it, I have to admit I kind of respect Coppola just for getting the thing made. The man had an artistic vision, that’s for sure. And he was willing to sacrifice half his life and all of his accumulated wealth pursuing it. And in a world of creatively bankrupt studio slop like the Mandalorian and Grou, maybe Hollywood could use a few more Francis Ford Coppolas these days.”

This was my take on the movie from October of 2024, after taking the above photo at a Fort Worth Studio Movie Grill: Megalopolis: Making Sense of Francis Ford Coppola’s Fever Dreams.