Coppola’s Last Circus: How an 85-Year-Old Auteur Mortgaged Napa to Teach the World About Ruins
CANNES, FRANCE—Somewhere between the rosé-soaked yacht parties and the grimy back-alley screenings, Francis Ford Coppola has once again wandered into the international spotlight like a sleep-deprived oracle who’s misplaced his wallet. The 85-year-old director arrived on the Croisette this May to hawk Megalopolis, a self-funded fever dream he’s been nursing since the Reagan administration—roughly the…