"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Sigo sin haber visto Brutalist, pero no puedo con Massanet, entre sus demasnes al cine de genero y ciertas idas de olla en cuanto a su personalidad.
Lo siento, pero el tipo no me gusta (y mas cuando pone a parir a gente que no es de su criterio/circulo/sesgo)
Marty_Mcfly y BruceTimm, gracias por vuestras palabras de apoyo. Estos últimos meses he estado intentando argumentar lo mejor que he podido que Megalopolis no solo me gusta mucho a nivel personal si no que la considero una buena película, cosa que dada la recepción mayoritaria del film por parte de crítica y público, no está siendo una empresa fácil.
A veces uno incluso se cuestiona su buen juicio cinematográfico, porque piensa que si el clamor negativo es tan unánime, por algo será.
En mi entorno (hablo de la vida real), hemos descubierto recientemente que una de las personas que me da más caña por sostener que Megalopolis merece la pena resulta que considera The Last Jedi como lo mejor que se ha hecho nunca con el universo Star Wars (incluyendo las entregas de Lucas).
En fin.
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"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Releyendo un borrador del guión original que circula por Internet (que es un mazacote inmenso con mas personajes, final trágico y donde todo queda, a diferencia del film, perfectamente cerrado, hasta el último cabo de todos los personajes secundarios) antes de la reescritura que le hizo tras el 11-S, es increible la cantidad de dialogo que está tal cual en la película final. Siendo como es, bastante distinto, al mismo tiempo es en cierto sentido muy similar. Realismo mágico, citas literarias, tono bufo. Todo está ya ahí.
Siempre tuvo claro que sería un drama bufo con componentes satíricos a la Fellini , por lo visto. Y el estilo de los dialogos, también. En 1983, Wow Platinum ya decía aquello de Fuck your Megalopolis! y you are anal as hell but I´m oral as hell.. Y la escena de Jon Voight con el arco siempre ha estado ahí.
Ah, como curiosidad, en esta version Cesar se acostó con Vesta de verdad, pero ella mintió sobre su edad y no era menor, con lo que se le exculpa... legalmente. Pero Cesar se acostó con ella pensando que era menor... y no le importó. Joder.
El discurso final de Cesar es muy rojo diferente con aquello de destruid el pasado, echad abajo las instituciones, linchad a los poderosos que os oprimen ... le falta gritar viva la anarquía.... Como apuntó BruceTimm, la versión final es algo mas madura, mas sensata.
Entiendo por qué no lo rodó. ¡Casi 5 horas de metraje!, y secuencias que visualmente... no se, estimo un presupuesto, hoy en día, de unos 300 millones.
En fin.
Última edición por Branagh/Doyle; 03/06/2025 a las 10:06
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
De hace unas pocas horas, fuente privada de la que me fio por completo.
As someone that attended one of the screenings of Megalopolis in Boston less than a month ago, the touring of the film across the U.S, no matter how weird it can seem as a strategy in 2025, is very much a real thing , and in fact is already happening. Coppola intention is absolutely to tour as many repertory theaters across the whole country as he possibly can until at least Christmas, he has made this very clear, in person, at the end of the screenings. The movie put him in debt. His attendance at these screenings both puts butts in seats for the movie, and is helping him chip away at that debt. He is doing everything he can to make the theatrical experience the only way to see Megalopolis for the near future.
The international Blu-ray’s exist because some distribution companies paid Coppola for international rights and home media was part of the deal.
Having said that, he loves physical media, and he is in talks with several boutique labels for a proper, collectors edition release of Megalopolis, perhaps by New Years Eve, or early 2026..
Veremos.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.