Megalopolis reactions are coming in now that the movie is out, and as the film continues to be divisive, director Francis Ford Coppola thinks the reactions have been similar to another classic of his.

Francis Ford Coppola waged war with studio heads throughout the making of “The Godfather.” Production on his 1979 Vietnam War epic, “Apocalypse Now,” was so troubled — there was a typhoon and a near-fatal heart attack — that it was chronicled in a documentary.

The maker of some of American cinema's most iconic films, Coppola is nonetheless an innovator and an outsider artist at heart. Today marks the long-awaited arrival of “Megalopolis,” legendary director Francis Ford Coppola’s first film in 13 years.