In front of a packed crowd at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts on Aug. 1, Francis Ford Coppola took the stage after a screening of his ambitious and polarizing epic " Megalopolis ," delivering a sweeping meditation on death and humanity - far from your typical Q&A.

Director Francis Ford Coppola was reported by many news outlets to have been “rushed to hospital” shortly after making an appearance at a screening of his much-derided movie, Megalopolis. However, despite the urgency and sensational tone of many headlines, Coppola was due to go into hospital in Calabria, Italy, for a “long-planned” heart procedure.

On Instagram, the filmmaker reassured his fans: “Da Dada (what my kids call me) is fine, taking an opportunity while in Rome to do the update of my 30 year old afib procedure with its inventor, a great Italian doctor - Dr. Andrea Natale! I am well!”