The movie “Megalopolis”—a hodgepodge of Ayn Rand’s heroic architect, the artist as visionary; beautiful sets & costumes; suggestions of Fellini, especially Satyricon. No women in this world. Well, 3 or 4 in a cast of a thousand cardboard cutouts. No story, but maybe an outline. 1/

The empire is dying, Coppola tells us. Forget the empire! In fact, shake off the handcuffs of civilization! Trust the real estate building/inventor who can stop time, deliver a new future. Does the man with a spare $140 million realize how this message lands in this election year? /2