Francis Ford Coppola confirms attendance at the Razzies for ‘Megalopolis’
Megalopolis director Francis Ford Coppola has confirmed he will attend the Razzies on March 1st after receiving a flurry of nominations.
The annual movie industry event is officially known as The Golden Raspberry Awards, and unlike the Academy Awards, which always takes place during the same weekend, it plans to celebrate the worst films of the last 12 months rather than the best.
Due to the negativity attached to the Razzies, nominees typically prefer to ignore its existence rather than validate the ceremony by acknowledging it by gracing it with their attendance.
However, Coppola, who is nominated for six awards for Megalopolis, including ‘Worst Director’ and ‘Worst Picture’, instead has chosen to attend the event, which will take place in Los Angeles.
Coppola also stated that he views the craft of filmmaking as an art and doesn’t care about the opinion of critics, adding, “In this wreck of a world today, where ART is given scores as if it were professional wrestling, I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that despite the enormous pool of young talent at its disposal, may not create pictures that will be relevant and alive 50 years from now. “
The director wrote on Instagram: “I am thrilled to accept the Razzie award in so many important categories for Megalopolis, and for the distinctive honour of being nominated as the worst director, worst screenplay, and worst picture at a time when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary moviemaking!”
He concluded: “What an honor to stand alongside a great and courageous filmmaker like Jacques Tati who impoverished himself completely to make one of cinema’s most beloved failures, PLAYTIME! My sincere thanks to all my brilliant colleagues who joined me to make our work of art, MEGALOPOLIS, and let us remind ourselves us that box-office is only about money, and like war, stupidity and politics has no true place in our future.”
The most-nominated movie at this year’s Razzies is Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie a Deux which received seven nods. Meanwhile, Marvel’s Madame Web will compete against Megalopolis in major categories, including ‘Worst Picture’, ‘Worst Director’, and ‘Worst Screenplay’.
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