NEWS: Sofia Coppola's Next Film

CULTURE: Sofia Coppola's Next Film

The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola is working with Columbia picture to write and direct a “stylized account” of Marie-Antoinette's life and death. Kirsten Dunst will play Marie and Jason Schwartzman of CQ will play Louis XVI.

I think that under Coppola’s direction, a drama about the French revolution would be interesting to say the least. It is quite a large undertaking and she may get bogged down in the sure size of it. Even the best directors have tendencies to end up getting swallowed by their production.

And Schwartzman as Louis is perfect since he did apply to Oxford and the Sorbonne. Harvard was his safety.

yeah, but for being swallowed by production, what a result! best film of all time, in MHO!!!!

sofia is priming to take her dad's place. i can't wait, even though i'm not a huuuge fan of period pieces...

Dunst and Schwartzman?

no thanks.

will she have My Bloody Valentine on the soundtrack again? that'd be ironic. kids love that "irony" thing.

wait... hold your Nike hi-tops and witty vintage tshirt. she's doing a period picture?

if this is going to inspire all those art school chicks to wear corsets again (thank you Moulin Rouge) then i'm totally there.

Uh yea.....OK...

I'll probably see it, but I think she should stick to smaller, less ambitious films.

what happened to Roman... he should quit fucking around with the strokes and follow his sisters lead!

No doubt! CQ was an amazing movie!!!!!

i think jeremy davies is a way underated actor

As for this film seems ambitiously stupid - or costneresque.

I love that teaser trailer for Sofia Coppola's film version of Antonia Fraser's book about Marie "Let them eat cake!" Antoinette. The trailer's soundtrack is occupied solely by an anachronistic song by New Order. And the film title art suggests new wave '80s design motifs. Such a bravura (Kubrick-esque!) piece of marketing bodes well for this film, which stars Kirsten Dunst and comes out next fall.




[Edited on Dec 14, 2005 by KenjiWaha]

she's 2 for 2 in my book and i think schwartzman is vastly under rated so this one is high up there on my anticpated list.

Schwartzman is great.

Dunst... not so great.

Strike that, reverse it.

I can't wait to see this, though.

i like you. lots.


and the movie looks pretty but i honestly dont know how good itll be.
does she get her noggin chopped off in it?

and man i dislike kristen dunst.

Sofia Coppola sucks so hard.

untrue, lost in translation was great. cant really say the same for virgin suicides, though. maybe LoT was great because she was still with spike jonze. hmmm.....

untrue, lost in translation was pure shit. It was a myspace journal in movie form, completely self absorbed. She made fun of Spike Jonze for the entire movie. I liked virgin suicides but rumor has it her dad helped her on it.

[Edited on Dec 16, 2005 by SuperNintendo]

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