Megalopolis could have let audiences ask Adam Driver questions during showings

Sep 15, 2024 05:53 AM - 4 months ago 138498

Francis Ford Coppola wanted sound nickname package to fto assemblage members inquire Adam Driver’s Cesar characteristic a mobility during theatrical showings of Megalopolis, according to a Telegraph question and reply pinch nan director. Then, nan package would trigger nan theater’s projector to play a clip of “the astir applicable response” from Driver.

Apparently, it was really successful nan works. Amazon had agreed to make a “custom type of its Alexa voice-recognition software” to do this, but nan squad moving connected it was laid disconnected during a huge information of layoffs successful 2022, writes The Telegraph. Alas.

“Imagine!” Coppola beams. “You could spot Megalopolis 5 times successful its opening week and it would beryllium different each time! It would person been nan early of nan movies and ancient theatre rolled into one!”

Coppola apparently almost wholly abandoned nan idea, erstwhile Driver suggested preserving 1 of those responses to reply a pre-determined mobility from an usher. Most of america won’t spot it successful our section theaters, but it will hap successful “some cinemas for its UK release,” according to The Telegraph. It besides played retired astatine immoderate Megalopolis show screenings. Here’s an abridged type of Vogue’s recounting of 1 specified event.

Somewhere successful nan mediate of nan film, arsenic Driver’s Cesar is speaking to camera, nan surface concisely went blank. There was a confused smattering of applause from those who thought it was each over—if only we’d been truthful lucky—but then, pinch nan lights still down, a man ran onto nan shape successful beforehand of nan cinema surface from nan wings, holding a agelong microphone.

...Positioning himself connected 1 broadside of nan stage, and now lit by a spotlight, nan man past faced Driver, now backmost connected screen, and asked him a question, arsenic if participating successful immoderate unusual pandemic-era Zoom property conference. Driver answered, and nan man past rushed disconnected shape again. It was truthful odd, and felt truthful wholly pointless, that I didn’t cognize really to respond.

Megalopolis is successful theaters now. Be judge to read Andrew Webster’s Verge review earlier you drawback tickets.