marie antoinette

[pavementjohn]

I hope that Sophia Coppola's new movie is as great as the trailer makes it look. I found an article in some livejournal community that was really interesting. It's an interview done in French and then translated (rather poorly) into english. Or maybe it was initially conducted in english and then translated to french and back to english again. i

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i run the gamut as well.

[pulpfantrntno]

i agree with everything you said. i hate when people bash on sofia coppola, because it's so obvious that she has talent. just because it's not your bag, baby, don't come crying to me about how you don't understand this or get that, or like style, etc. sofia coppola's films are, if nothing else, consistent in their subject matter and tone (i'm factoring in marie antoinette here as well, since it seems very much like a natural progression for her), which is a lot more than other 'directors' have going for them. like it or not, sofia coppola is the new american art-house cinema. she is the closest thing we have to the next jim jarmusch and his ilk.

i think what fascinates me about coppola is that, despite all the ranting and raving against her and the claims that she doesn't actually do as much on her films as she says she does (screenplays especially, as lost in translation reportedly didn't have much of one - understandably so since if you watch it, there's not that much dialogue in it to begin with), she still continues to work on projects that matter to her, and i don't think she actually cares about making money. her father's francis ford coppola, for christ's sake, she shouldn't have to. and that's why i like her. i think she's very similar to the filmmaking aesthetic i attach myself to, which emphasizes story and mood, and slow development in order to establish a meaning, rather than a plot, or a meaningless, frivolous action-adventure/etc movie. that's why i relate her to jarmusch as well. i really don't think that either one of them has an interest in making money doing it. it's just something they have to do.

and all those people on that thread are ridiculous. i especially hate the ones that just go 'i can't stand her...blah blah blah...i'm fat and ridiculous' instead of giving ANY reason whatsoever that they don't like sofia coppola. i think it's because, exactly as you said, they're unsure of it themselves...

thanks for posting all this stuff, john.