Lionsgate is Megalopolis Hours after its release on Wednesday, it was discovered that the film contained fake quotes from real film critics, and the company later apologized to both the critics and director Francis Ford Coppola, saying it “failed.”
MegalopolisThe latest trailer for is intended to portray Coppola’s past work as polarizing, beginning with a voiceover that says, “True genius is often misunderstood.” The trailer then shows what appears to be a quote from a prominent film critic who slammed Coppola’s past, now-acclaimed films.
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According to Megalopolis‘ Andrew Sarris in the trailer The Godfather “The film is a sloppy, self-indulgent film that doesn’t know what it wants to be,” while Pauline Kael thought it was “diminished by its artistry.” Apocalypse Now Vincent Canby called it “hollow” and Rex Reed called it “horrible trash.” Roger Ebert Apparently Bram Stoker’s Dracula One called it a “triumph of style over substance”, while Owen Gleiberman called it a “beautiful mess”.
but, Vulture According to journalist Bilge Ebiri, most of the quotes in the trailer are demonstrably false. These critics say Coppola’s film: Megalopolis‘ Some opinions were incorrectly attributed to them in the trailer, and some did not share the same views as those expressed in the trailer. For example, Kale The Godfather Positive reviews, fake quotes from her Megalopolis The trailer incorrectly showed her mocking it.
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Within hours of Ebiri’s report, MegalopolisLionsgate, the distributor, apologized and said it would immediately remove the new trailer. Of course, the internet is forever. Megalopolis The misinformation trailer is still available to watch on several other YouTube channels.
“Lionsgate immediately recalled our trailer and MegalopolisLionsgate said in a statement released to multiple publications that it “has agreed with the critics and Francis Ford Coppola (Megalopolis“We apologize to American Zoetrope (the production company) for the unforgivable error in the vetting process. We screwed up. We’re sorry.”
How did these fake quotes come about? MegalopolisThe authenticity of the trailer for “The Hunger Games” is unclear. Many on social media have speculated that the quotes were created using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, but Lionsgate has not confirmed this.
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It wouldn’t be surprising if AI was involved: there are already plenty of examples of generative AI being applied inappropriately and producing similar results without a full understanding of what it actually does.
Last year, two lawyers were fined for citing six non-existent lawsuits generated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT in court documents. Later, another lawyer was found to have cited fake lawsuits generated by his client, disbarred former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, using Google Bard. Both lawsuits claimed they had no idea that generative AI tools were actually generating content or that such content was likely false.
Megalopolis‘The misinformation trailer attempted to fabricate the story of an unfairly demonized visionary.
Most of the other critics Megalopolis‘The trailer is dead, VarietyGleiberman responded to the incident: Bram Stoker’s Dracula for Entertainment Weekly But in 1992, neither “beautiful” nor “chaos” appeared in his article — assessments that he says “sound kinder now.”
“Even if you’re one of those people who doesn’t like criticism, we don’t deserve to have words shoved down our throats,” Gleiberman said. Variety“But all this little scandal Megalopolis The trailer is based on a false story. Critics The Godfatherand Apocalypse Now It received mixed reviews, but was supported by many important critics.”
The reason is understandable. Megalopolis‘s marketing team tried to present Coppola as a misunderstood genius. Megalopolis Coppola’s $120 million passion project has left audiences confused, perplexed and garnering mixed reactions.
Megalopolis The film tells the story of Cesar (Adam Driver), an architect who has the power to stop time and wishes to build a utopia called New Rome. He is also in love with the daughter (Nathalie Emmanuel) of a corrupt mayor (Giancarlo Esposito). The film currently holds a rating of 53% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 68 reviews and a Metacritic score of 59 based on 28 reviews.
Coppola staunchly denied the negative reactions. Megalopolis Earlier this year, he said, “When you look at all the negative notices; everytime something I heard from Unknown Source” All reviews were used in the calculation Megalopolis“Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores come from named film critics and publications and are easily accessible online.
“It’s really unacceptable to attack a film that doesn’t play by the current rules of Hollywood by citing anonymous sources who may not have been present at the screening or may not even exist,” Coppola said. Airmail (via Independent).
It is unlikely that Coppola was involved in the production of this film. Megalopolis‘s latest trailer. Still, his complaint feels rather ironic now that the film he was defending has been tried to promote with false quotes from named critics.
Megalopolis It will be released in theaters on September 27th.
