Daniel Robert Epstein: Sofia Coppola

Excellent interview! I'm really looking forward to her new film; Virgin Suicides was fabulous. Here's a woman who could have very easily indeed coasted by on her family name, but instead takes her work very seriously and has become not just a "movie director," but a gifted, original filmmaker. Brava!

my idol and my crush. she's so beautiful and humble in person. i can't wait to see the film!

insightful interview, but if you haven't seen it already, check out the more extensive nytimes mag piece. hirschberg portrays a wider glimpse into ms. coppola's personality, motivation and style...

"She writes scripts that establish, sustain and then gently shift tone and atmosphere -- not Tolstoy but Chekhov. Her films are sophisticated and plangently romantic, and the emotions she stirs up linger. It is perhaps not too much to say that she is the most original and promising young female filmmaker in America." --nytimes mag.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/31/magazine/31COPPOLA.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5070&en=a8d10dcffb3e080a&ex=1063166400

...also, it would have been nice if this interview was accompanied with a picture of ms. coppola rather than scarlett johansson.

boy dino. i appreciate the compliment of course. but you post here telling people to go read another interview instead and post a link. then you talk smack about a mini-mistake thats being changed as we speak

Y'know, we're not the New York Times here, Dino, but we do try to do some good stuff.

Actually, our articles are propably a good deal more accurate than the Times' lately. Hehe.

get him Keith!!!!

dino got the nekkid web lady mad

You mean Erin?

And good job on the interview, Dan. I like your film interviews. I never think of stuff like that when I'm watching a movie. I'm just kindof

"mm.. good movie."

see what years in film school and working in the business for almost a decade gets u. some free movies and getting to interview extremely talented overprivledged ingenues.

besides u think that way when it comes to music

sorry, i didn't mean to offend anyone. i did like your interview, though. it portrayed her in a more colloquial and friendly light than the nytimes mag did. it was more personal. kinda like her films, i guess. (probably an intentional rhetorical device on your part. bravo.)

good save

cool interview - i'm looking forward to that movie - still haven't seen the virgin suicides, though. i should remedy that.

and i for one am sorry i missed the picture of scarlett johansson - i've got a thing...

My old school friend Lance is the cinematographer on that flick. He worked with Spike Jonez on his movies.
It's amazing the contacts you can make parking cars at Little City!

Yay Lance! You deserved to make it big! *sniff* We're all so proud...

So beautiful and so talented
Kudos SG

DRE lays another great one on us.

At first I envied your job, then I envied your writing, now I'm beginning to envy your ideas.

Do the powers-that-be tell you when your interviews are going to be posted?

And based on comments thus far, I'd assume that DRE did the most recent Palahniuk interview and not Keith... is that right? Tell us, Dan - when do we get to stop slathering in anticipation and devour the finished product like starved wolverines?

I got a Palahniuk interview coming up soon.

If there is a movie to be released we usually try to get the interview up before the movie opens

thanks for the great compliment!!!

I did get to see the film and to meet ms. Coppola. Both were a real treat.

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Nice interview. I've been meaning to rent the Virgin Suicides, which I'll most definately have to do now, and I can't wait to see Lost in Translation, too.

[Edited on Sep 09, 2003 by TimTheEnchanter]

Yeah a 27 day shoot is very impressive. And I'm glad they didn't go video cause it looks crisp but soon DV will rule the world. I mean Deacons for Defense looked pretty damn good.
But again 27 days. Wow.

Memento was filmed in about 27 days too, but it is 10x better. I still like this movie. It lingers at points, but mainly because it seems to focus on the relationship more than any plot point.