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Screen Talk: Sofia Coppola
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Sofia Coppola wrote, directed and produced her first short film, Lick the Star, in 1998, before making her acclaimed feature debut, The Virgin Suicides, the following year. An evocative, haunting portrait of youth, it evinced striking visuals that would come to be a signature style of her work. Further acclaim followed with Lost in Translation, the first in a series of portraits that grappled with the nature of celebrity, which also included the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner Somewhere, The Bling Ring, On the Rocks and Priscilla. Before her career as a filmmaker, Sofia also appeared in front of the camera, having roles in several of her father Francis Ford Coppola’s films, before she collaborated with him as a writer on 1989’s Life Without Zoey.
Her inventive take on the life of the French Queen, Marie Antoinette, saw Sofia Coppola embrace a rococo style that befitted its subject, while her take on the Civil War-era drama The Beguiled offered a distinct – and sensually evocative – perspective on Thomas P. Cullinan’s 1966 novel. Outside of her narrative features, she continued her collaboration with Bill Murray on the comedy special A Very Murray Christmas and profiled fashion designer Marc Jacobs in Marc by Sofia. We are delighted to welcome Sofia Coppola to the festival to discuss her work.
Sofia Coppola wrote, directed and produced her first short film, Lick the Star, in 1998, before making her acclaimed feature debut, The Virgin Suicides, the following year. An evocative, haunting portrait of youth, it evinced striking visuals that would come to be a signature style of her work. Further acclaim followed with Lost in Translation, the first in a series of portraits that grappled with the nature of celebrity, which also included the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner Somewhere, The Bling Ring, On the Rocks and Priscilla. Before her career as a filmmaker, Sofia also appeared in front of the camera, having roles in several of her father Francis Ford Coppola’s films, before she collaborated with him as a writer on 1989’s Life Without Zoey.
Her inventive take on the life of the French Queen, Marie Antoinette, saw Sofia Coppola embrace a rococo style that befitted its subject, while her take on the Civil War-era drama The Beguiled offered a distinct – and sensually evocative – perspective on Thomas P. Cullinan’s 1966 novel. Outside of her narrative features, she continued her collaboration with Bill Murray on the comedy special A Very Murray Christmas and profiled fashion designer Marc Jacobs in Marc by Sofia. We are delighted to welcome Sofia Coppola to the festival to discuss her work.