David Bridges
Francis Ford Coppola each has one different masterpiece, or a dud in his new “Megalopolis” movie — and amid comparisons to “The Room,” thought of one in every of its OG stars is betting on Coppola.
Phrase outta Cannes is that FFC’s self-financed passion enterprise is such a big quantity that it compares to the 2003 cult conventional film by Tommy Wiseau — which has been labeled so-bad-it’s-good.
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Greg Sestero carried out the dude who was Tommy’s most interesting buddy inside the flick — he was on the receiving end of Tommy’s infamous “Oh, whats up Mark” line — and he knowledgeable us if Francis’ movie is being as compared with their flick, he’s in all probability purchased magic on his arms.
Greg thinks “The Godfather” maestro clearly did one factor correct if “Megalopolis” is getting trashed on the similar scale as their movie. He can say that now on account of he firmly believes the lump of coal that was “The Room” turned a shiny shining diamond.
As Greg sees it, Francis had a imaginative and prescient, an F-U perspective, and the bucks to make his dream enterprise a actuality … which reminds him of Tommy — who put his all into “The Room.”
His bomb turned a fan fave, sooner than a e-book after which a studio film retelling starring James Franco.
He supplied this factoid to boost Coppola’s spirits — “The Room” has been screening throughout the globe for 20 years, and followers nonetheless adore it.
BTW, “Apocalypse Now” moreover purchased blended evaluations when it first dropped … and now, it’s considered one in every of many greatest motion pictures ever.
Anyway … if all this focus on “The Room” has you itching for spherical 2, we talked to Greg about that as successfully, and it doesn’t sound want it’s inside the stars for now.
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He thinks a Broadway musical might very properly be superior, or possibly a TV sequence catching up with the bonkers characters. And certain, he nonetheless talks to Tommy, and says the ultimate time they’ve been collectively, they tossed spherical a soccer. In any case they did.
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“Megalopolis” hasn’t secured a U.S. distributor, and the evaluations possibly is not going to help that. Based totally on Greg’s suggestion though, maybe Francis might be increased off doing all of it solo. It’s solely money, correct?
Sophie Langley
