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May 24, 2006
Sofia Coppola: Who talks to a 12-year-old girl that way?
Kenneth Turan in LA Times is into his Sofia, profiling Ms. Coppola on the advent of Marie Antoinette: "Dressed simply in jeans, white shirt and flip-flops, she looks younger than someone who celebrated her 35th birthday the Sunday before Cannes opened." But Kenny feels the power, too: "I'm really determined; I won't take no... If people say it, I ask again in a different way. 
I can't imagine setting out to make a movie and not being clear about what you want; that's the point of doing it. That's why I want to make movies. I made Lost in Translation to see Bill Murray in it. In life, there are compromises. In making movies, you get to have it exactly how you imagined." As she's a woman from a royal family, Turan has to compare her to Daddy, doesn't he? "[T]his passionate determination seems to be a legacy from Francis Ford Coppola, the director's father. "Even if it seemed impossible, he'd find some way to do it... He seemed very heroic out in the Philippines, getting his movie made... [W]e were always, like, in training for film. I remember him talking to me about screenwriting when I was a little kid, telling me what made a good second act. Who talks to a 12-year-old girl like that?" [Trailer.]
Posted by Ray Pride at May 24, 2006 04:18 PM
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