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Sofia Coppola, who's her audience?

Posted on 9/9/23 at 3:21 am
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 3:21 am
She definitely has her own style.

Is she good? Do people enjoy her movies?

People have called her movies a pointless bore-fest.

1. Lost In Translation (2003) (favorite)
2. The Virgin Suicides (1999) (slow, sad, weird, confusing)
3. Marie Antoinette (2006) (underrated)
4. The Beguiled (2017) (she remade it in her style but not any man's cup of tea).

On the Rocks

Slow, meditative, visually crisp...mostly stange.
Posted by sqerty
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Posted by Brosef Stalin
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 4:35 am to
I enjoyed The Virgin Suicides.
Posted by Free888
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 7:25 am to
I’ll never forgive her for Godfather 3
Posted by Raoul Stimulato
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 7:37 am to
Virgin Suicides had a kind of emo chick demo, but not sure about the rest of the stuff - euro hipsters?

I really like her stuff, btw. Narratively adrift at times, sure, but modern ennui is the core of her style. Somewhere with Dorff is a prime example.

Her brother Roman has carved out a nice career as frequent Wes Anderson collaborator. I like how he and Sofia don’t fit squarely into a box.

This post was edited on 9/9/23 at 7:38 am
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 8:34 am to
I’m not sure of a very specific audience, but I give her credit for
some well-made thoughtful,unorthodox films
dealing with unique, but very human, characters.
Posted by Pikes Peak Tiger
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 8:34 am to
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I’ll never forgive her for Godfather 3


Yeah, she was terrible in that, but I don’t blame her. That one is on her dad.
Posted by JackDempsey
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Member since May 2023
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 8:35 am to
I saw a trailer for her upcoming movie "Priscilla" about Priscilla and Elvis Presley. The actress seemed to be a good fit for the role. As for the guy playing Elvis... those are some big shoes to fill. Elvis was so unique looking and charismatic.

Lost in Translation I really enjoyed, even the ending.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 8:51 am to
I enjoyed Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette.
Posted by Bama Bird
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 9:12 am to
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1. Lost In Translation (2003) (favorite)
2. The Virgin Suicides (1999) (slow, sad, weird, confusing)


I actually really liked these two. I hated Marie Antoinette though
Posted by barbapapa
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 9:14 am to
Lost in Translation is a tremendous film
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 9:17 am to
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I’ll never forgive her for Godfather 3
She was perfect in Godfather 1.
Posted by smash williams
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 9:49 am to
I also really liked Somewhere with Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning.

Targeted audience intentional or not..introspective introverts?
Posted by shutterspeed
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 10:32 am to
Hated Virgin Suicides, which I felt was more of a first-time feature director's vanity piece. However, I absolutely loved Lost in Translation, which I thought was a great piece of art and human experience. It felt like it was helmed by a matured director. I get why Lost is so polarizing though. You kind of have to be at a point in your life to get the thematic underbelly.

ETA: I haven't seen the others.
This post was edited on 9/9/23 at 10:39 am
Posted by saintsfan22
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 11:18 am to
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Yeah, she was terrible in that, but I don’t blame her. That one is on her dad.

Even if they cast Winona Ryder it'd still be weird as frick that when the character is introduced to us she is hardcore flirting with her cousin.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 11:19 am to
quote:

Yeah, she was terrible in that, but I don’t blame her. That one is on her dad.


Wasn't she an emergency, last second replacement?
Posted by Ziippy
Member since Aug 2023
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 2:29 pm to
She wasn’t the problem with Godfather 3.
Posted by Ziippy
Member since Aug 2023
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 2:30 pm to
Loved LIT, liked VS. have not seen the others
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 2:33 pm to
I only like lost in translation, somewhere and on the rocks.
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 9/9/23 at 7:38 pm to
lost in translation was and still is a pretty unique film that coaxed out a world record performance by bill murray

it’s a very entertaining film
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