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2. Francis Ford Coppola's Twixt Was Created As A "Live Cinema" Event

Francis Ford Coppola's 2011 horror film Twixt came and went without any fuss at all, playing the festival circuit for a spell before disappearing amid a slew of negative reviews, despite this being the latest effort from the genius behind The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.

Though there's a solid chance you've never even heard of the film, Coppola initially had bold plans for it, hoping to tour Twixt around the world as a "live cinema" event.

Coppola's plan was to be present for screenings of the movie, sat at the back of the theater in an editing booth, where he'd re-edit the film on-the-fly to match the audience's response to certain scenes, to make the film feel "alive" and ensure that every screening was different.

It was an insane idea, of course, if only because editing is an extremely painstaking process, and the best Coppola could've really pulled off was having pre-edited alternate scenes which he could switch to with the press of a button.

But ultimately, there wouldn't have been much for Coppola to react to beyond snoring if those scathing reviews are anything to go by.

The legendary filmmaker ended up quietly ditching the idea despite a semi-successful test run at Comic-Con, and nobody cared enough about the movie to call him out on it.