5-time Oscar winner Francis Ford Coppola has simply walked away with a Razzie for Worst Director, resulting in a written response value framing or sticking on a fridge solely utilized by legends.
Coppola’s box-office bomb, Megalopolis, earned six Razzie nominations this 12 months, together with Worst Image and Worst Screenplay. Unsurprisingly, the person behind The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now (that are each fairly good, so we hear) took the most recent “victory” in his stride, posting his ideas on the information through Instagram.
“I’m thrilled to just accept the Razzie award in so many necessary classes for @megalopolisfilm, and for the distinctive honor of being nominated because the worst director, worst screenplay, and worst image at a time when so few have the braveness to go in opposition to the prevailing tendencies of up to date moviemaking!” Coppola wrote.
The director went on to provide his evaluation of present occasions, saying, “On this wreck of a world right now, the place ART is given scores as if it have been skilled wrestling, I selected to NOT comply with the gutless guidelines laid down by an trade so afraid of threat that regardless of the large pool of younger expertise at its disposal, could not create footage that can be related and alive 50 years from now.” We are able to solely assume that regardless that this was a written response, Coppola had a microphone in his hand that was now midway to being dropped in gradual movement.
As with all conventional award speeches, Coppola rounded issues off by thanking his forged, which included Jon Voight, who additionally received a Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor. “What an honor to face alongside a fantastic and brave filmmaker like Jacques Tati who impoverished himself utterly to make one among cinema’s most beloved failures, PLAYTIME! My honest because of all my sensible colleagues who joined me to make our murals, MEGALOPOLIS, and allow us to remind ourselves us that box-office is just about cash, and like battle, stupidity and politics has no true place in our future.”
In addition to Megalopolis taking house a few of the shiny fruit-shaped trophies, Madame Internet additionally earned the title of Worst Image and Worst Screenplay, with its star, Dakota Johnson, nabbing the credit score of Worst Actress. Because it stands, Coppola’s written thanks is up there with one of many greats, proper alongside Halle Berry, who attended the ceremony again in 2005 for her efficiency in Catwoman whereas bringing her personal Oscar that she received in 2002 for Monster’s Ball alongside for the celebrations. Take a look at that second in film historical past under, and when you’re carried out wiping the tears away, get a have a look at all of the nominations for this 12 months’s Oscars right here.
