Megalopolis, possibly Francis Ford Coppola’s most ambitious film, tells the story of an architect who wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.
Coppola started writing the script in the 1980s. He spent years trying to bring his dream film to fruition, but eventually, his frustrations with the unpredictability of the film industry and Hollywood’s preference for franchises led him to give up on the project.
For the entirety of Coppola's career he has been critical of Hollywood and tried to change it through his films with varied success.
Undoubtedly he has directed some of the best and most influential films of all time, however, some of his projects such as One From the Heart led him into debt.
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