The clip begins with the title card “An American Zoetrope Production,” referring to Coppola’s production company. The logo used is the company’s red, white, and blue 1970s one, suggesting “Megalopolis” will be made in the spirit of the New Hollywood. Once the real footage begins, Cesar is stepping out the top-floor window of a skyscraper. The camera slowly spins about 90 degrees and pulls out, shifting from a forward view of Cesar to a side-facing wide shot of him on the building’s edge, overlooking the Megalopolis like a frontiersman (or Batman) as the score swells.
Why is Cesar on top of this building? He takes one step off and seems to confirm the worst, but before he falls, he yells “Time stop!” and the universe obeys. Everything pauses, apparently even gravity as he pulls himself back from the ledge. As he looks down to see the streets below him frozen, the scene mimics “Vertigo” with a dolly zoom. He snap his fingers and time returns to normal. If this clip is any indication, “Megalopolis” is not going to be a simple human drama like “The Godfather.”
Coppola is reportedly having trouble finding a distributor, but “Megalopolis” is aiming for a 2024 theatrical release.
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