I have just seen Megalopolis and loved it. So much better than I expected from reviews. I found the story clearly told and well carried by the actions, visual metaphors and performances. It helps to appreciate literature, history, culture and philosophy - woven into this are the words of Shakespeare, Sappho(!) and Marcus Aurelius(!). The scene with featured quotes from Marcus Aurelius is my special favorite. My special thanks to Nathalie Emmanuel for making movie magic of ancient philosophical wisdom. In an age of passive play-it-safe mass entertainment it is so good to have a creatively intense movie for the literati. Excellent visual design of New Rome costumes and settings. Amazing visual metaphors moving into experimental filmmaking territory to depict extremes of emotional elation, loss, grief and near-death moments. If you love Shakespeare, you will love this. If Shakespeare was here today he would create this. - John Calder
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