中英對照讀新聞》After decades, Francis Ford Coppola’s opus ’Megalopolis’ finally debuts at Cannes歷經數十年 法蘭西斯．福特．柯波拉作品「大都會」終於在坎城亮相

法蘭西斯·柯波拉與亞當·崔佛帶著新作「大都會」出席坎城影展。（路透）

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Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola closed a decades-in-the-making chapter of his long career on Thursday as his passion project "Megalopolis," a 138-minute epic science-fiction tale drawn from Roman history, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

結束了漫長職業生涯中數十年的製作歷程。傳奇導演法蘭西斯．福特．柯波拉的熱忱之作「大都會」於坎城影展首映。這是一部取材自古羅馬歷史的138分鐘科幻史詩。

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With "Megalopolis," the Oscar-winning director of "The Godfather" is in the running for the Palme d’Or for the first time since "Apocalypse Now" netted him the top prize in 1979.

這位以「教父」奪下奧斯卡獎的導演，是繼1979年以「現代啟示錄」獲得金棕櫚獎後，首度以「大都會」角逐金棕梠獎。

Coppola said his plot inspiration came from an attempted coup d’etat in 63 B.C. by the popular Roman aristocrat Lucius Sergius Catiline, who also lends his name to Adam Driver’s character.

柯波拉表示，劇情的靈感來自西元前63年廣為人知的古羅馬貴族喀提林試圖發動政變。他的名字也被用於主角亞當．崔佛在戲中的角色。

After almost giving up on the project in 2007 due to a lack of support, Coppola decided to follow through on it after turning 80, followed by the pandemic, which involved selling a piece of his wine business to self-finance the film’s production.

在2007年因缺少支持幾乎放棄計畫後，柯波拉在年過80歲後決定繼續拍攝，但新冠疫情隨之而來，他賣掉自己一部分葡萄酒事業，自籌資金拍攝這部電影。

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legendary：形容詞，傳奇的、顯赫的。例句：Achilles is one of the most legendary hero of ancient myths.（阿基里斯是古代神話中最具傳奇性的英雄之一）

inspiration：名詞，靈感、點子。例句：The Bible is the source of inspiration for her top-selling novel.（聖經是她暢銷小說的靈感來源）

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