Much attention has been paid to the USD 120 million of his own fortune that Francis Ford Coppola put up to make the futuristic epic 바카라Megalopolis바카라, but the director himself isn't much concerned.
바카라I don't care. I never cared,바카라 Coppola said of money, speaking to reporters at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday. 바카라The money doesn't matter. What is important are the friends. Because friends will never let you down. Money may evaporate.바카라
Coppola sold a piece of his winery business to finance 바카라Megalopolis", a passion project the filmmaker has been pondering for decades. Regardless of the outcome 바카라 the film is seeking a North American distributor 바카라 he's going to be fine, financially, Coppola said.
바카라My children, without exception, they have wonderful careers without a fortune,바카라 he said. 바카라They don't need a fortune.바카라
Coppola faced questions from the press the day after premiering the hotly anticipated 바카라Megalopolis", starring Adam Driver as an architect named Cesar Catalina who is trying to build a utopia in a future New York City. Critics called the film everything from a disaster to an admirably ambitious gambit that only Coppola could make.
Coppola fashions his film as a Roman Empire-esque tale. The closer he got to making it, he said, the more relevant it seemed to him.
바카라What's happening in America, in our republic, our democracy, is exactly how Rome lost their republic thousands of years ago,바카라 said Coppola, who lamented the resurgence of the 바카라neo-right, even fascist tradition바카라.
바카라Our politics has taken us to the point where we might lose our republic,바카라 he continued. 바카라It's not the people who have become politicians who are going to be the answer. I feel it's the artists of America. The role of the artist is to illuminate contemporary life, to shine a light, to be the headlights."
Drawing laughs, Coppola then turned to one his cast members, Jon Voight, noting he had 바카라different political opinions.바카라 Voight responded: 바카라How did you find that out?바카라
Coppola has been shopping 바카라Megalopolis바카라 for potential buyers. When asked whether a streaming company might be a home for the movie, he suggested streaming was nothing new.
바카라Streaming is what we used to call home video,바카라 Coppola said. He voiced some misgivings about modern Hollywood.
바카라The job is not so much to make good movies, the job is to make sure that they pay their debt obligations," he said of studios. "It might be that the studios that we knew for so long 바카라 some wonderful ones 바카라 are not going to be here in the future.바카라
But Coppola's tone was otherwise overwhelmingly positive. The 85-year-old filmmaker exalted the family members who came with him and implored reporters to ask more questions of his cast, including Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito and Aubrey Plaza. (Shia LaBeouf attended Thursday's premiere but did not join the press conference.)
바카라There's so many people when they die, they say, 'I wish I had done this, I wish I done that,'" said Coppola. "When I die, I'm going to say, 'I got to do this.' I got to see my daughter (Sofia Coppola) win an Oscar and I got to make wine and I got to make every movie I wanted to make. I'm going to be so busy thinking about all the things I got to do that when I die I won't notice it.바카라
