Ep. 43: Megalopolis [TEASER]

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration For this week’s episode Joseph and Nathan watched Francis Coppola’s latest (and likely final) film, Megalopolis. The film draws parallels between Ancient Rome and modern day New York City and has been met with widespread confusion. The boys discuss the film in the first half of the episode, detailing the performance of several actors (notably Aubrey Plaza’s role as the brilliantly named Wow Platinum) and the film's various references to Ancient Rome. In the second half of the episode the boys discuss megalopolises more broadly, including ones in real life (the Northeast Megalopolis, the European Megalopolis, Japan's Taiheiyo Belt, and China’s various megalopolises) and fictional examples (the megalopolis depicted in the 1927 film Metropolis, Mega-City One in Judge Dredd, and Coruscant in Star Wars). Links: Martin Scorsese Had a Cinema Epiphany ‘Too Late’ Megalopolis Plot meme Megalopolis Movie Clip - Cesar is Mine (Wow Platinum elevator scene) Nymphet Alumni’s Ep. 90: The Baby Name Game with Sophie Kim Francis Ford Coppola Didn’t Want ‘Megalopolis’ To Be “Some Woke Hollywood Production,” Casting “Canceled” Actors from Deadline Tell Your Children by Alex Berensen Megalopolis: The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States by Jean Gottman What if the cities of Jersey City, Elizabeth, Union, Newark, Hoboken, and others became one larger city like NYC? Reddit post Why is there no major city here? (Boroughitis) by Urban Jersey Guy The location of Gotham city Cars.destroyed.our.cities Hartford, Connecticut post Blue Java Banana Review by Weird Explorer Artwork: From Megalopolis' Interactive Scene Explained: What Happens In It Recorded on 10/6/2024