The first reactions to Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis are pouring in, and whether viewers loved or hated it, the premiere was certainly a cinematic event to remember.
On Thursday, some lucky attendees of the Cannes Film Festival were first to see the legendary filmmaker’s return to directing after a 14-year hiatus. The premiere marks the fruition of a years-long passion project for Coppola, who first conceived the idea for Megalopolis in 1977.
According to its official synopsis, the film is “a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America.” Adam Driver stars as Cesar Catalina, an architect who, after an accident destroys a New York City-esque metropolis, works to rebuild it as a sustainable utopia. But his endeavors…
