Francis Ford Coppola teases some of Megalopolis' Roman origins
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Megalopolis may have been brewing in Francis Ford Coppola’s mind for over four decades now, but details of the sprawling epic have remained mostly elusive for the rest of us. That changed a little bit today, as the director shared a more holistic glimpse into some of the events and historical figures that inspired the film’s lengthy, self-funded production with Vanity Fair today—starting with the length of that production itself. “I wasn’t really working on this screenplay for 40 years as I...

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