“Megalopolis” by Francis Ford Coppola (Chris Evangelista of the film judged a “great and beautiful disorder” in his criticism) was alternately the most fascinating and frustrating film of 2024. Cinephiles who had sucked for a last large-scale masterpiece of the maestro who gave us the “trilogy” Above all respectfully perplexed by the science fiction saga of Coppola; There were real believers there, but the general consensus was that his vision of a declining empire was intellectually vague. On the one hand, it was a boon to receive an epic so filled with ideas that you could not decompose it on a single vision; Alas, it was difficult to work on enthusiasm to leave because the film did not have the sumptuous sweeping of these aforementioned masterpieces.

Of course, Coppola is too large filmmaker and “Megalopolis” is a film far too ambitious to leave it as a unique experience. Such a difficult film could open on subsequent views. What seemed to be an wandering narration or a montage of Slapdash can cohecate now that you have the configuration of the sprawling earth and richly imagined of the filmmaker. Or it could simply be an interesting failure.

I am not the only one to have the impression that I had “megalopolis” of Coppola one last round, nor, of course, I am the only one to continue to repel it. Recently, actor Jared Gilman (Brilliant like Sam in “Moonrise Kingdom”), while responding to a tweet deploring the absence of a physical press release for “Megalopolis”, said that he just supposed that the film was “laudable”. Me too, Jared! After all, I wrote the article / film last year by informing our readers How could they rent “megalopolis” at home.

Surprisingly, you can no longer rent “Megalopolis” in a streamer in the United States, nor buy a physical press release from the region 1. Why is “Megalopolis” suddenly so difficult to look in the country that it is sneaking? Coppola blame!

“Megalopolis” cost somewhere in the $ 130 million district to be won, and most of this money came from Coppola by selling its cellars of the County of Sonoma. It is his film to do with pleasure. And what appeals to it at the moment is the theatrical exhibition.

Unfortunately for Coppola, “Megalopolis” reported a meager $ 14.4 million global. There is no bypass: his self -funded work of love is a flop of all time. But Coppola has already been here. 47 years ago, he has played the future of his studios Zoetrope on the backlot musical “One from the Heart” and underwent one of the most devastating creative and financial failures in the history of the film. A 2003 DVD cover “One of the heart” accelerated a critical reassessmentAnd he again tinkered the film last year for “One From The Heart: Resumption”.

So why doesn’t Coppola do the same with “Megalopolis?”

Right now, he takes “Megalopolis” on tour. The film is currently the centerpiece of a retrospective in The Henry Ford Theater to Detroit. You can access the site’s website for shows, and I can personally guarantee the quality of the Ford experience; It is a large and beautiful theater that offers an impeccable presentation.

Although I understand Coppola’s desire to exclusively project the “megalopolis” in theater in the United States, it is strange that its fervor for the experience on the big screen apparently dissipates once you have crossed the Atlantic. If you have a 4K player without a region (and before our unpredictable price absurdity, you can get a reliable for a reasonable price), you can currently order a physical copy made for the European market. This version includes comments specific to the Coppola scene, so the director was involved to a certain extent with this disc.

When “Megalopolis” was briefly available for rental on the main platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV last November, it was at a price of $ 19.99 without an option of digital property. I rely on the brain trying to understand what would be Coppola’s logical distribution movement with a film rejected in a resounding way by moviegoers. In the end, it’s his money. I just want him to make the film available according to his conditions, although the one that allows everyone a reasonable and affordable access to a work at the end of their careers of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. “Megalopolis” will never accept greater acceptance if it remains difficult to look at.