No matter what you can think about - and given its critical and commercial performance, chances are your opinion is not high - there is no denial of that Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" is one of the most fascinating films in recent years. It has nothing to do with the true content of the film, which mixes the aesthetics of the Hollywood Aesthetics of the Golden Age, Roman history, absurd comedy and the epic styles in a confusing $ 120 million beverage. Instead, the interest comes from the project itself, fully funded by Coppola's own treasury after decades of the famous director who has been trying and failed to do so.

That process is set naked in the new documentary "Megaddy" by "Leaving Las Vegas" by director Mike Figis. The documentary trailer gives an overview of the often chaotic business behind the scenes, on which Higis and his team had wide access to during production. Note is occasionally Coppola's improvisation approach and his apparently frequent clashes with Shia Labeuf in the room.

These aspects of the story have been explored slightly in "Megadoch" reviews after its recent premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and those views were much more favorable than those for "Megalopolis" itself. The documentary earns praise for showing one of America's most famous but inconsistent directors working on his late career dream project, as well as showing Indy's mass production drama.

Mass independent funding, bizarre production design, writing camp and confused policy are not the only controversial aspects of Megalopolis. From the jump, Francis Ford Coppola almost seemed determined to wake up a conversation by throwing a lot of Hollywood parachios, including Shia LabeufJonon Wojt and Dustin Hoffman. Labeuf has a long history of legal topics and public scandals, and in 2020, musician and former partner FKA Twigs sued him for a sexual battery and attack - a lawsuit that was recently settled for an undiscovered amount in July 2025.

Wout has built a reputation for controversy after one of Donald Trump's leading supporters of Hollywood and supported the exposed extremely right -wing conspiracy theories, such as the idea that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen". Wojt has also been public for years from his famous daughter, Angelina Ololi. Dustin Hoffman, who plays a smaller role in Megalopolis, is at the center of a series of sexual behavior claims in 2017.

Put all those names together in a set of Coppola - who faced his accusations of misconduct around the time of the film's release - and it's not too surprising to hear that there were frequent ego clashes during filming. The full edition of "Megaddy" promises to penetrate them into those details, as well as the less tense idiosyncrasy of the director of aging, trying to brutate a project to pass on their own pocket.

The Figis documentary is likely to add only to the strange legend of "Megalopolis" - a film that seems to be, according to Coppola's own will, to overtake the director's many brilliant films and become the prevailing piece of his modern heritage. Mystic is reinforced only with How difficult it is to see "Megalopolis" Since her release. Different theater tours and screenings continued, but the presence of the film on the platforms for digital rent and streaming was at best sporadically.

Perhaps the added drama of the exhibition behind the scenes can boost interest in the film, which has fallen flat in cinemas despite generating a widespread mouth campaign. And "Megadox" is not the first time Coppola has been subject to a documentary film about disorderly production research. However, the last - "hearts of darkness: the director's apocalypse" - told the story of a far better movie.