Francis Ford Coppola is not a happy camper.
The 85-year-old took to Instagram to issue a biting missive after his film, Megalopolis won worst director at the Razzies, the annual pre-Oscars fake awards for the year’s worst movies.
In addition to being named worst director, Megalopolis also took home worst picture and worst screenplay, earning a total of six Razzie nominations.
“I am thrilled to accept the Razzie award in so many important categories for @megalopolisfilm, and for the distinctive honor of being nominated as the worst director, worst screenplay, and worst picture at a time when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary moviemaking!” Coppola wrote.
Francis Ford Coppola via Instagram
“In this wreck of a world today, where ART is given scores as if it were professional wrestling, I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that despite the enormous pool of young talent at its disposal, may not create pictures that will be relevant and alive 50 years from now.”
He ended by writing: “What an honor to stand alongside a great and courageous filmmaker like Jacques Tati who impoverished himself completely to make one of cinema’s most beloved failures, PLAYTIME! My sincere thanks to all my brilliant colleagues who joined me to make our work of art, MEGALOPOLIS, and let us remind ourselves us that box-office is only about money, and like war, stupidity and politics has no true place in our future.”
The Razzies named the film “WTF: The Movie” and said that it was “an incoherent $120 million mess from the fabled director of The Godfather.” Jon Voight, who starred in the film, won worst supporting actor, a nomination his co-star Shia LaBeouf also earned.
The lauded director’s passion project cost $120 million to make and only brought in $12 million at the global box office, per The Hollywood Reporter.
