Like Rome once was
Director Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather") sees the USA in its current form of government before its end. "Today, America is Rome, and it is about to have the same experience, for the same reasons that Rome lost its republic and ended up with an emperor," says the 85-year-old.
Coppola's new science fiction film "Megalopolis", which opened in New York on Monday, makes strong reference to the Roman Empire. It shows a city that is reminiscent of New York and is called "New Rome".
It will happen "in a few months"
Adam Driver plays a visionary inventor named Cesar Catilina. Coppola praises himself for this: "It was very prescient to make a movie about America as Rome, because it's going to happen in a few months". The film will be released in Austria on September 26.
Senators play with power
The Roman Republic was brought to an end by Julius Caesar in 44 BC, when he appointed himself dictator for life. Shortly before this, Rome had been "so prosperous" and the senators had only worked for their own interests, Coppola explained to the magazine. "Well, the same thing has happened here. Our senators and our representatives are all rich and playing with their own power instead of running the country, and then we're in danger of losing it."
A new president will be elected in the USA on November 5. Former President Donald Trump is running against current Vice President Kamala Harris.
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