In 2012 I completed a short film noir called Bum Rap A Noir Fantasy. I touched up the titles a few years ago and added a mural in the last scenes in a laundromat. I titled the later version Bum Rap Andre Hunt just to make it findable on youtube. In the opening scene my protagonist jumps off the Chrysler Building. You may have seen the preview to Megalopolis where Adam Driver leaps off the Chrysler Building. It's the opening to the film, as I understand. So I'm getting a kick out of this. I used to see Francis at Cafe Puccini and once outside his own cafe down Columbus St. I also saw him presenting his film, Twixt, and asked a question about the voiceover, as it was Tom Waits. Anyway, my film is about 11 minutes long if you have the time...
no creature can kill or self-destruct the way we can, either. the better we become, the worse we become, too. or maybe we just stay the same way we always were, both good and awful.
How true. Love his films, but your sentiment would never occur to Coppola. He and many others likes to play God with nature. Destined for human species destruction (and perhaps world).
I think the issue is with human world modelling and expectations. We want some amount of novelty, but within a predictable and well established framework. The story of the film must exist within the stories we tell ourselves about film itself. When something truly novel and new comes along, we attack it like white blood cells attacking a pathogen, it irritates people, it causes cognitive dissonance. Films like Southland Tales and Enter The Void are good examples. This is a “pretentious” sounding idea, but it takes a certain amount of intelligence and creativity to not be annoyed by that which is different, it requires a brain capable of reinterpreting reality on the fly, and adjusting our world models and narrative frameworks. One of the most consistent critiques of media that I hear these days is- “why isn’t it just more like everything else?!!” We have so many rigid rules and conventions that we defend and uphold to the point of banal creative homogeneity. I’ve not seen this film, I may hate it, but I’m sure that many people are simply annoyed that it’s not playing by the “rules”
The master has resurrected cinema as art. On first viewing of Megalopolis, it was very much like the first time experiencing Apocalypse Now. Then every time, and there were many, I watched it again, at different times in my life, and would discover something new. I know that I will be returning to the cinema to see Megalopolis a few more times. It would be really helpful to counter the critics with more widespread coverage of these amazing interviews that Coppola has been giving in support of the film. In fact, one of the best things about the release is the conversations he has had with really smart people versus being challenged by a critic.
Any person not deeply moved in the heart by seeing and listening to this old master talking about his vision, is NOT and WILL NEVER BE a true cinéphile !🥲🥲🥲🙂🥰🤓😎❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
God I love listening to intelligent old people
Just listening to Walter Murch makes me feel less alone
God is the oldest 😅😇
Keep creating your films, i love watching them 😍
In 2012 I completed a short film noir called Bum Rap A Noir Fantasy. I touched up the titles a few years ago and added a mural in the last scenes in a laundromat. I titled the later version Bum Rap Andre Hunt just to make it findable on youtube. In the opening scene my protagonist jumps off the Chrysler Building. You may have seen the preview to Megalopolis where Adam Driver leaps off the Chrysler Building. It's the opening to the film, as I understand. So I'm getting a kick out of this. I used to see Francis at Cafe Puccini and once outside his own cafe down Columbus St. I also saw him presenting his film, Twixt, and asked a question about the voiceover, as it was Tom Waits. Anyway, my film is about 11 minutes long if you have the time...
i did watch your film, i found it interesting because i don't think i had seen anything like it before - how did you come to make it?
Don’t forget The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. Rumble Fish is freaking amazing!
Agree, Rumble Fish is SOOOOOO underrated even today it is very frustrating !!! :)
Exactly. Art should be a unifying force.
Love you Francis ford
Excellent
no creature can kill or self-destruct the way we can, either. the better we become, the worse we become, too. or maybe we just stay the same way we always were, both good and awful.
How true. Love his films, but your sentiment would never occur to Coppola. He and many others likes to play God with nature. Destined for human species destruction (and perhaps world).
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We all should go and support this legendary man, there will never be another like him 👑
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Eve Jackson is lovely interviewer. I love clips in between the interview with Francis.
I Am A Toothbrush 🫡😇
Keep brushing your teeth kids
And remember to only buy fluoride free toothpaste
Sorry everyone. Just watched the film last night. This isn't good or enjoyable. You've been warned.
I think the issue is with human world modelling and expectations. We want some amount of novelty, but within a predictable and well established framework. The story of the film must exist within the stories we tell ourselves about film itself. When something truly novel and new comes along, we attack it like white blood cells attacking a pathogen, it irritates people, it causes cognitive dissonance. Films like Southland Tales and Enter The Void are good examples.
This is a “pretentious” sounding idea, but it takes a certain amount of intelligence and creativity to not be annoyed by that which is different, it requires a brain capable of reinterpreting reality on the fly, and adjusting our world models and narrative frameworks. One of the most consistent critiques of media that I hear these days is- “why isn’t it just more like everything else?!!” We have so many rigid rules and conventions that we defend and uphold to the point of banal creative homogeneity.
I’ve not seen this film, I may hate it, but I’m sure that many people are simply annoyed that it’s not playing by the “rules”
Boyfriend in Paris
The master has resurrected cinema as art. On first viewing of Megalopolis, it was very much like the first time experiencing Apocalypse Now. Then every time, and there were many, I watched it again, at different times in my life, and would discover something new. I know that I will be returning to the cinema to see Megalopolis a few more times. It would be really helpful to counter the critics with more widespread coverage of these amazing interviews that Coppola has been giving in support of the film. In fact, one of the best things about the release is the conversations he has had with really smart people versus being challenged by a critic.
Any person not deeply moved in the heart by seeing and listening to this old master talking about his vision, is NOT and WILL NEVER BE a true cinéphile !🥲🥲🥲🙂🥰🤓😎❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏