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Megalopolis is baffling and plainly nuts but worth it

Megalopolis is a film by Francis Ford Coppola — and it couldn’t, in fact, be more by Francis Ford Coppola if it tried

He has invented a new material, Megalon (which is moldable and not perishable), believes this civilization has come to its end and dreams of building a new city without corruption, greed or debt. The script, when it’s not being declamatory, offers lines like: “Don’t let the now destroy the forever.” Or: “By a leap into the unknown we know we are free.” I felt as if I were being beaten around the head by an inspirational quote book. That said, the film also forces us to ask some important questions, such as why is Shia LaBeouf, who plays Crassus’s nephew, suddenly wearing women’s clothes and goose-stepping?

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