Adam Driver laments modern films that “leave nothing for you to discover”
nme.comAdam Driver has lamented modern films that “leave nothing for you to discover.”The pair spoke to Deadlineahead of the release of new film Megalopolis, which arrives in cinemas today (September 27).The film stars Driver as Cesar Catilina, an architect-scientist who wants to improve a fictional version of New York City called New Rome.
Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, and Giancarlo Esposito, among others also star.In the interview, Driver praised Coppola calling him the “principle of show not tell” and lamented films that “leave nothing for you to discover” – ones that tell you all the details of “the plot” and “how to feel.” He added: “Those are not the movies I’m attracted to historically.”Speaking about films like Coppola’s he added: “They’re one version when they come out and years later because you evolve or the world around has evolved and its something completely different and they keep giving you things.
That’s what I think about most of Francis’ films.”He later added: “Films are supposed to push us forward not give us another dose of something that we’ve already seen.”Meanwhile, Coppola recently spoke of his frustration over a lack of prep time during filming for Megalopolis.
Some of the cast including Driver were absent from the start due to commitments on other projects.“I had this extraordinary cast, but a lot of them couldn’t be there from the very beginning, so I couldn’t rehearse with them,” Coppola told IndieWire.
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