www.indiewire.com: “Megalopolis” is finally opening in theaters. Cinephiles have been buzzing about Francis Ford Coppola‘s latest saga for months — despite all the drama surrounding it — and now they’ll finally get to see the polarizing and bonkers film.
Lionsgate, to its credit, is trying to preserve the theatrical experience that audiences at Cannes got when it premiered. That includes one of the most talked about scenes in the film: The “Megalopolis” live scene with Adam Driver.
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The idea of having "audience" participation during a movie is a new level of 4th wall breaking that I'm super excited to see. I'm interested to know how the people acting as the live participant were chosen. If there was a pool of people in each city/place and there assigned to a certain viewing or if there were auditions and the participants were sent to those places. I'd also love to know what the different versions of the film look like. If in the viewings without the audience participant the shot widens and you see the person fielding the questions or if there is a disembodied voice seeming to ask them from beyond the audience. What I'm most interested about, like the article mentions is how this will be viewed when released on streaming. I think it would be very fun if you did have the option of having a character on screen or to be the reporter yourself. With a running lines on screen like a news anchors teleprompter, for the viewer to read from. Overall, I think this is a very interesting mix of performance types. I have seen stage productions that utilize a record for the actors to respond too as supplementary but not the other way around. I'm interested to see where this goes in the future.
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