To kick off the 62nd New York Film Festival, Megalopolis director Francis Ford Coppola was joined by New Yorkers Spike Lee and Robert De Niro on Monday evening for the star-studded New York premiere of Coppola’s much anticipated new film, presented in an immersive IMAX presentation.

Scroll through our photo gallery of the conversation above that took place between the three gentlemen prior to the screening at the AMC Lincoln Square 13, moderated by NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim.

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In a speculative metropolis that evokes contemporary New York and ancient Rome alike, a visionary architect (Adam Driver) chases a utopian vision with profound implications for the future of the city and of humanity itself. Decades in the making and even longer in the dreaming, Francis Ford Coppola’s first feature in 13 years is an epic as visually arresting as it is intellectually ambitious, a formidable capstone in one of the greatest careers in American cinema. With a vivid ensemble cast including Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Voight, and Dustin Hoffman. A Lionsgate release.

Megalopolis opens in theaters this Friday, September 27.