Francis Ford Coppola talks about the state of “Megalopolis” and Trump definitions

Although Megalopolis It was a decisive and commercial volatility when its initial release, Francis Ford Coppola is sure that the movie will find his fans.

The Oscar 5X winner recently explained that the film has not yet come to broadcasting or physical media “because the film is still shown in theaters” and became additional connection after Donald Trump was elected president in November.

“I don’t want anyone to own,” said Coppola Gq. “After the elections, people sell offers MegalopolisThe way that was supposed to be seen. Since the prophet or kinetics say that America is like Rome – it may lose a republic – now people rush to see it in theaters. We have sold three shows in Boston recently, in Detroit, and people are really lining up. It is like what happened with The end of the world now. The end of the world now It was a great fluctuation, he got terrible reviews, everyone said was the worst film that was ever produced. However, people have never stopped seeing him. The same is happening now with Megalopolis”

Despite the $ 120 million Coppola investments in Epic Blockbuster, Megalopolis Criticism is torn, earned $ 14.3 million worldwide. The film was first visualized by Coppola in 1983, the film blows Roman history in New York Alternative City.

In the same interview, Coppola condemned the recent Trump administration’s announcement that it was carrying out a 100 % tariff on foreign films, which “creates the door closed” effectively on the chances of filmmaking and television.

“Nobody I know thinks that this philosophy of customs tariffs – all you do is to create uncertainty,” said Coppola. “People do not understand that the economy is in the previous administration? There was global inflation, there was no [just] Inflation in America. The whole world was going through a dangerous inflation. But the country that made its best – and that other countries were jealous of – was the United States. So, the United States really dismantled a lot of money before this new administration, and there is a lot of money in the country, and these customs duties are similar to closing the door as it was a very prosperous position. ”

At the end of last week, Trump Broadets described the “threat of national security” and announced plans to put 100 % on film imports produced in “foreign lands”.