Megalopolis Special Edition

[Machine Translation] The master filmmaker Coppola, who has created numerous masterpieces, overcame many difficulties to finally complete his latest film "Megalopolis," which premiered at the 2024 Cannes International Film Festival to a thunderous standing ovation. The film's unprecedented storyline, which likens a near-future America facing the crisis of collapse to the Roman Empire, its magnificent and overwhelming visual beauty, and the superb ensemble of new and old actors, all contribute to the film's story. The story is as if it were a prophecy of today's world, and while it confronts the problems of modern society head-on, at the same time it is based not on despair but on Coppola's faith in mankind and his hope for the future, The Megalopolis, Coppola's greatest film of 2025 and destined to make cinema history, is finally revealed in its entirety. In the 21st century, in the American metropolis of New Rome, the disparity between the wealthy and the poor has become a social problem. Caesar Catilina, an architectural genius who is also a member of the prestigious Crassus family and the head of the city's urban planning bureau, promotes the development of a new city, Megalopolis. It was an ideal world (ruby: utopia) where people could live happily and equally. However, the mayor, Franklin Cicero, who is obsessed with his own interests in the midst of financial difficulties, plans to build a casino and confronts Caesar head-on. Caesar is also caught up in the schemes of Claudio Pulquer, who plans to take over the family, and faces an imminent threat to his life. The special features include "40 Years in the Making," "Crank-Up," "Dialogue with Utopia," "Introduction," and trailers (both the original and Japanese versions). Includes a 28-page booklet.

*Rated 12-and-over.

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数々の傑作を生みだしてきた巨匠コッポラが、幾度となる困難を乗り越えついに完成させた最新作『メガロポリス』。2024年カンヌ国際映画祭で初披露され、鳴り止まぬスタンディングオベーションと共に話題騒然となった。崩壊の危機に直面する近未来アメリカをローマ帝国に見立てた空前絶後のストーリー、壮麗で圧倒的な映像美、そして新旧俳優陣による見事なアンサンブル。その物語はまるで"今日"を予言していたかの如く現代社会の問題を真正面から捉えると同時に、根底に流れるのは絶望ではなく"人類"を信じるコッポラの未来への希望。2025年最大の注目作であり映画史に名を残すことが運命づけられたコッポラの集大成『メガロポリス』が、ついにその全貌を現す。──21世紀、アメリカ共和国の大都市ニューローマでは、享楽にふける富裕層と苦しい生活を強いられる貧困層の格差が社会問題化していた。市の都市計画局局長を務め、名門クラッスス一族の一員でもある天才建築家カエサル・カティリナは、新都市メガロポリスの開発を推進する。それは、人々が平等で幸せに暮らせる理想郷 (ルビ: ユートピア)だった。だが、財政難の中で利権に固執する市長のフランクリン・キケロは、カジノ建設を計画し、カエサルと真正面から対立する。また一族の後継を目論むクローディオ・プルケルの策謀にも巻き込まれ、カエサルは絶体絶命の危機に直面するが─。映像特典には「構想40年の道のり」、「クランクアップ」、「ユートピアと対話」、「イントロダクション」、予告編 (本国版・日本版)を収録。ブックレット (28P)付。