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Reputationally and financially,Megalopoliss85-year-old writer-director-producer (and not the films distributor Lionsgate) has the most to lose.
That the movie even exists in theaters this weekend is kind of a miracle, Dergarabedian says.
I think a bold, swing-for-the-fences movie release should be celebrated.
To be sure, these are dark days for Academy Awardwinning screen legends long-percolating passion projects.
Some passion projects do work, Dergarabedian says.
The films of Tarantino: All of them are passion projects, in a sense.
And Im not doing the heavy lift.
Lionsgate, for its part, did not finance or pay for any ofMegalopoliss marketing.
We are proud to partner with him in givingMegalopolisthe wide theatrical release it deserves.
Like all true art, it will be viewed and judged by movie audiences over time.
Im very old, so it all goes into an estate plan, the director said.
