Recently, the 85-year-old legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, who has been away from acting for many years, released the first official photo of his new film "Metropolis" on his social platform. In addition to the title of the film and the name of the director, there is a crumbling statue in the middle of the photo. The cold lens gives people a dangerous visual impact.
This film is adapted from the ancient Roman historical work "The Catiline Conspiracy", with a total of 61 chapters. Taking Catiline's political ambition from 66 BC to 63 BC as the main line, it describes the corruption and intrigues among politicians in the Roman political arena in the first century BC. The author uses speeches, letters, narration and other writing forms to reproduce the vivid images of Cicero, Caesar, Cato and others. According to foreign media reports, shooting this film has been Coppola's wish since the 1980s. It took nearly 40 years of preparation and was shelved several times. In order to raise funds for the film, Coppola sold his winery to inject capital into the film. The production cost exceeded $100 million.
Coppola is considered one of the important figures in the American New Wave movement in the 20th century. His representative works include "The Godfather" trilogy, "Apocalypse Now", "Betta" and "400 Years of Blood" etc. wait. He co-wrote and directed "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part II" in the 1970s, both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with the latter becoming the first sequel to win. Following the success of "The Godfather" in 1974, his other film "The Conversation" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Oscars for Best Cinematography and Best Original Screenplay.
In 1979, another legendary film by Coppola, "Apocalypse Now", was released. The filming of this film went through considerable difficulties, and it almost bankrupted Coppola's newly established American Peep Show Company after its release. In the end, the film won the Palme d'Or at the 32nd Cannes Film Festival and other awards. In 2001, an extended version of the film "Apocalypse Now Reborn" was released, with a total length of 202 minutes. The film is widely considered one of the greatest films in history.
In 1990, Coppola filmed "The Godfather Part III" in order to solve the debt problem. The protagonist of the film continues the previous work, but adds Andy Garcia to play a new generation of successors, and the director's daughter Sofia Coppola also participated in the performance. The film won 7 nominations each at the 63rd Academy Awards and the 48th American Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. On December 4, 2020, Coppola re-edited the movie "The Godfather Part III" and renamed it "Mario Puzo's The Godfather Finale: The Death of Mike Corleone" for release.
The current cast of " Metropolis " includes Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Natalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne and others. According to foreign media reports, "Metropolis" is expected to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Written by: Nandu reporter Liu Yifan
