From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

When Mike Figgis heard that Francis Ford Coppola was preparing to shoot the big budget Megalopolis with his own money,

Figgis, the director best known for leaving Las Vegas, took his shot with a legendary filmmaker.

I sent a congratulator email saying, God's great, Francis.

You know, P.S. if you need to fly on the wall.

It was kind of a joke, but not a joke.

Because I thought, oh, wow, that's going to be a fascinating thing to document.

And then no response until quite a lot later.

And suddenly it's like, do you have a visa?

Can you be here in two weeks?

The result was Figgis' new film, Megadoc,

which captures the chaos of Coppola's sprawling, $160 million production.

Figgis' documentary reveals Shia Labuff's creative tensions with the director

and the turmoil that ensued when Coppola's improvisational style

ran up against the art department's meticulous planning.

I covered that blow up with my former colleagues at the Hollywood Reporter,

and Figgis was there to capture the moment.

That story dropped.

Now it's immortalized in his film.

But first we banter.

Stick around.

It's the business from KCRW.

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