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It seems like this review can find little to praise beyond the abstract idea of a benevolent visionary who struggles against a world full of philistines. I tho
by bccdee 2y ago
It seems like this review can find little to praise beyond the abstract idea of a benevolent visionary who struggles against a world full of philistines.
I thought Kate Wagner's review was a lot more insightful:
> Even though architecture, being drafted and built by many human hands, has never been a solitary art, writers and filmmakers like Rand and Coppola cling to the image of the sole male architect for a reason beyond mere misunderstanding of how architecture works. Architecture, to them, is public-facing, rooted in space, an art exacted upon the landscape. It can be forced – as Megalopolis is – into existence in spite of or to acculturate an ignorant or philistine public that knows no better. Being in the world, it must be reckoned with, thus eliminating the challenge of cultivating an audience that plagues other artistic endeavors. In other words more fitting to the theme of gender: architecture is the least consensual of all arts. Its power lies in being inescapable, unlike, say, seeing a really bad movie.
Excerpted from https://www.late-review.com/p/megaflopolis https://www.late-review.com/p/megaflopolis
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoNot everything is about gender.
- Brian_K_White 2y agoThe point they make, is.
- posterguy 2y agosurely some things are. such as the critical reading of the film we were provided. its a compelling critique, one that certainly rises above whatever quality your insipid response is made of.
- bccdee 2y agoYeah but Megalopolis is, lmao. From the Wikipedia plot summary: > Crassus and Wow throw a decadent wedding reception. Ironically, the headliner is pop star Vesta Sweetwater, who appeals to New Rome's puritanical sensibilities by promising to remain chaste until marriage.[f] To neutralize Cesar, Pulcher leaks a paparazzi video of Cesar having sex with Vesta, prompting Cicero to condemn Cesar in a speech drawn from the real-life Catilinarian orations. Although Cicero arrests Cesar for statutory rape, Julia exonerates Cesar by discovering that Vesta faked her age and is actually in her twenties. Megalopolis is fascinated with gender. > Crassus kills Wow and injures Pulcher with a hidden bow and arrow disguised as his erection. Obsessed with gender, even.
- 510_ANT_75 2y agoHaha have you _seen_ Megalopolis?
- euroderf 2y agoNot unrelated: "A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines." -Frank Lloyd Wright