Wherein hangs a bit of a story. I saw this pop up on Amazon around the turn of the year, and I thought, I’ll wait a bit. I was fascinated by the film, but I wasn’t necessarily up for paying full price on it. And then, back in July, I came across a curious fact. MEGALOPOLIS is not available for home viewing in the US and certain other territories. No streaming, no DVD, no Blu-Ray. Coppola reserved home video rights, and, instead, took MEGALOPOLIS out as a roadshow in the summer. He’s doing everything he can to preserve this as a cinema-only experience.
At which point I realised, eventually the European and UK home video rights will revert back to Coppola, and this Blu-Ray will go away. And I want to be able to study many of the film’s compositions at my own speed. So I clicked back to Amazon and found the price had dropped by a fiver. Therefore, I now own it, against the day when it becomes entirely unavailable.
MEGALOPOLIS (UK!)
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