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Francis Coppola selling his antique watch after $100M loss on "Megalopolis"
- curiousgal 1y ago> I need to get some money to keep the ship afloat. He's 86, what ship?
- lifestyleguru 1y agoPerfect age to become president of US of A.
- CharlesW 1y agoHe's well-known for his ventures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola#Commercial_ventures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola#Commercia...
- handfuloflight 1y agoI mean, it is a very odd movie. It wasn't marketed at all and the production and overall atmosphere feel more like a movie with less than 1/20th of the stated budget. Like an obscure cable TV thing. Would have been better investing $5M each in 20 new promising directors.
- boogieknite 1y agoquite odd. atmosphere is the right word. the financial failure almost guarantees Megalopolis is unique. id say its ripe for reevaluation in 10 years but good chance nobody really checks in out by 2034. Criterion might be able to give it a cult following? i liked it a lot but was the only person in my tiny audience who seemed to genuinely enjoy it. other audience members couldnt help but talk about their confusion with each other afterward it seemed like Coppola genuinely believed he could fix the world with the movie and spending any amount was worth it. instead we have an odd, artistic, and self-indulgent movie
- maratc 1y ago> in 2021, Coppola was presented with the watch There's nothing "antique" about an F.P. Journe watch from 2021.
- 4ggr0 1y agoit's clearly a pretty special watch › which tells time using the fingers and thumb retracting and extending. Production versions of the watch have sold privately for around $1 million, according to THR.
- maratc 1y ago> it's clearly a pretty special watch Not arguing with that: https://www.fpjourne.com/en/collection/classique-collection/ffc https://www.fpjourne.com/en/collection/classique-collection/... It's neither "old" nor "outdated" nor "ancient," and it's not "made in imitation of antiquity" so I don't understand why they call this watch "antique." It's a cutting edge thing, as far as modern horology goes.
- cool_man_bob 1y agoThe other day. I saw a news article on Facebook roughly along the lines of: “Celebrity A angry at people mourning the death of celebrity B” Pretty odd sounding right? Upon looking at the comments though, people pointed out that Celebrity A was not angry at people “mourning” Celebrity B but “mocking”. A bit of an odd typo, or perhaps a blatant lie to capture attention, among the most valuable currencies. There are no potential consequences only potential benefits to lying.
- lifestyleguru 1y ago> $100M loss on "Megalopolis" Epic science fiction drama?! People nowadays have attention span of 30 seconds, even a trailer is too long.
- add-sub-mul-div 1y agoA three hour Oppenheimer biopic with a nonlinear narrative structure made a billion dollars. Let's just admit this movie was bad.
- reconnecting 1y agoThe fact that Francis Coppola spent $100M of his own wealth to make this Work possible is fascinating. People might have controversial opinions over the result, but that doesn't change what really matters here: he waived his fortune to make his point.
- JojoFatsani 1y agoIf I was his heir, I’d be pissed. Good thing Sophia Coppola and Thomas Mars have their own things going on
- snypher 1y agoYou're not really entitled to an inheritance. He can spend his money as he wishes.