Posted on 08/26/2024 3:51:01 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
Francis Ford Coppola told Rolling Stone that his intention with “Megalopolis” was to make a movie that could not be deemed “some woke Hollywood production.” The cast includes controversial actors such as Jon Voight, who has turned heads in Hollywood for his conservative views and outspoken support for Donald Trump, and Shia LaBeouf, who was accused of sexual assault in 2021.
“What I didn’t want to happen is that we’re deemed some woke Hollywood production that’s simply lecturing viewers,” Coppola said. “The cast features people who were canceled at one point or another. There were people who are archconservatives and others who are extremely politically progressive. But we were all working on one film together. That was interesting, I thought.”
As far as working with LaBeouf, who has barely starred in any movies since accusations surfaced against him, Coppola praised the actor while admitting things were tense with him.
“Shia [LaBeouf] really took to it,” Coppola said. “I had no experience working with him prior to this, but he deliberately sets up a tension between himself and the director to an extreme degree. He reminds me of Dennis Hopper, who would do something similar, and then you’d say, ‘Just go do anything,’ and then they go off and do something brilliant.
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He recently became an ultra-conservative Catholic.
Hollywood is going to make a movie about a city in Arcadia? Is Polybius one of the characters?
I can’t imagine Dustin Hoffman as a cancelled individual
Everybody does.
It’s the other way around. Anyone conservative is deemed controversial. LeBouf was in legal trouble a few years ago.
French?...
Like Atlas Shrugged, it will only become another roadmap for the Left.
Or is it that he still is a stupid socialist who believes mankind could create a utopia if only the Caesars of the world would stop messing it up?
Hence making another roadmap for the Left.
The only two I see are LaBeouf and Voight. Was Adam Driver ever cancelled? Dustin Hoffman? The rest of the actors look like DEI at its best. Where’s James Woods? Gina Carano?
Yup. I’m looking forward to it.
A Fritz Lang “Metropolis” remake or new-take(?).
Not particularly innovative in either case.
He took Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” to make “Apocalypse Now” (which I think is a great movie just as that - a movie).
It’s what he does - a scavenger who builds on others’ accomplishments.
Godfather fan here, just re-upped my Paramount subscription to watch this series. Besides, Tulsa King’s season 2 starts on the 15th - VERY highly recommended.
Sounds like he might be watching a little Critical Drinker or Dave Cullen on youtube.
I don’t think the article says that everyone in the cast is controversial or cancelled. Only that it included some that are.
“”ultra-conservative Catholic””
Ah, yes, it is ultra-conservative to adhere to such concepts as:
Thou Shalt Not Murder
Thou Shalt Not Steal
AND, the one most democRATS cannot stand
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Wife
Perhaps the flip side of ultra-conservative Catholic is demonic progressive DemoKKKrat
Where’s James Woods? Gina Carano?
Maybe they didn’t try out.
NO.
It includes a conservative actor and a sexual predator (accused)? That’s equal to the left :)
And Francis supported the director of all 3 Jeepers Creepers movies...who was a convicted child molester.
And he helped crush (with money and media and lawyers) any accusations and the people who made them...little boys.
Not good for him.
Ever.
though i do enjoy the Godfather I and II :)
I always replaced the A with a T.
Makes more sense to me that way...
Agree on THE OFFER and TULSA KING, both are highly entertaining. Tulsa is the best work Stallone’s done in years.
A recent Stallone movie I enjoyed was “Samaritan”
“A young boy learns that a superhero who was thought to have died after an epic battle twenty-five years ago may in fact still be alive.”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5500218/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_samaritan
Italiano Buono!
Why is George Clooney controversial
The lack of self awareness in the web media is laughable
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