Ep. 88 - Megalopolis feat. Bilge Ebiri
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Francis Ford Coppola is no stranger to highly publicized cinematic debacles, but few have been as long in the making as MEGALOPOLIS. The GODFATHER director put up $120 million of his own money to fund this decades-old passion project, a philosophical sci-fi epic plagued by trouble all the way from production to its disastrous reception. With help from VULTURE’s Bilge Ebiri, we consider whether it's another misunderstood masterpiece— or if it was understood very well indeed.You can find more from Bilge at https://www.vulture.com/author/bilge-ebiri/
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