What a great piece! I think you point out a great thing about the Americanism of it all. I'm not American and, thinking about the film in hindsight, a lot of it felt very distinctly American - politically, culturally, tonally. Really makes you think if I would have be able to empathise with it in any way if I was American. As is, I really just found it absurd and not very profound in any way.
And definitely this - "this was not for anyone other Coppola himself" - I had the same conclusion watching the film and frankly this is something I truly admire about it. As ridiculous as I found the film, it truly is impressive that someone put so much time and money into developing a passion project without any care in the world what anyone else might think.
Appreciate your words a lot! It's good to know my thoughts are legible 🤧 I agree - no one can deny the passion. I saw a review from someone else on Letterboxd rating it 4 stars but saying they hated it really: but couldn't deny how he really put his heart and soul into it.
What a great piece! I think you point out a great thing about the Americanism of it all. I'm not American and, thinking about the film in hindsight, a lot of it felt very distinctly American - politically, culturally, tonally. Really makes you think if I would have be able to empathise with it in any way if I was American. As is, I really just found it absurd and not very profound in any way.
And definitely this - "this was not for anyone other Coppola himself" - I had the same conclusion watching the film and frankly this is something I truly admire about it. As ridiculous as I found the film, it truly is impressive that someone put so much time and money into developing a passion project without any care in the world what anyone else might think.
Appreciate your words a lot! It's good to know my thoughts are legible 🤧 I agree - no one can deny the passion. I saw a review from someone else on Letterboxd rating it 4 stars but saying they hated it really: but couldn't deny how he really put his heart and soul into it.
Maybe if we were American we'd get it more!