Megalopolis could have let audiences ask Adam Driver questions during showings

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Francis Ford Coppola wanted dependable designation bundle to fto assemblage members inquire Adam Driver’s Cesar quality a question during theatrical showings of Megalopolis, according to a Telegraph interrogation with the director. Then, the bundle would trigger the theater’s projector to play a clip of “the astir applicable response” from Driver.

Apparently, it was really successful the works. Amazon had agreed to marque a “custom mentation of its Alexa voice-recognition software” to bash this, but the squad moving connected it was laid disconnected during a huge circular 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 antithetic each time! It would person been the aboriginal of the movies and past theatre rolled into one!”

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

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

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

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

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