Sofia Coppola

[marjanthelion]

similar ?

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daylife

 

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daylife

 

[marjanthelion]

daylife

 

[alicia753]

wow she looks flawless

 

[helmut.newton]

Oh my god that shirt is perfection. Does anyone know who the designer is? Also, her cuff links are sublime!

 

[madelaine13]

are theose shorts made of the same material as the dress?

 

[saann]

^it does look like it

 

[supertrooper]

I love her recent outfit photos!

 

[LolaSvelt]

Dirtector Sofia Coppola attends the 67th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2010 in Venice, Italy.

zimbio

 

[dajrekshn]

another day, another amazing outfit - don't know why but it's (for me) Lacoste meets LV.
glad to see Roman's there with here too, they're really a tight family.

so far the reviews for Somewhere are good, she got the ovations at the end of the movie, but some say it's very similar to Lost in Translation.

 

[LolaSvelt]

More:

zimbio

Looks like she's wearing her trusty wedges again.

 

[FrenchCactus]

so far the reviews for Somewhere are good, she got the ovations at the end of the movie, but some say it's very similar to Lost in Translation.

Yes, there is a positive review in French newspaper Le Figaro. Essentially they say that the movie is a bit "empty" at times, but it's still enjoyable with a beautiful story.
The reviews for Sofia's past movies were similar, so I'm not worried about this one

 

[RedAzalie]

in one of most influencial and the most importand paper in poland they say that it is similar to lost but only coz it is made from "moments" - the life showed in "stupid" pictures, small actions - anyway - review is very good, exellent i must say - i am so happy - although i loved MA anyway (despite poorer, than lost,reviews )

 

[beauxgoris]

Can anyone i.d. her cat eye sunglasses? I love them.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

Okay: I want the belt she's wearing with the stripey dress (cute, as usual!!). Anyone have a clue?

Also: if anyone can post European reviews of her film, I'd appreciate it. I can "google translate" too. There are only 2 reviews so far at imdb, but they both give the film a 7/10, saying there is little dialogue, the film works on "moments" and the usual things we hear about Sofia's films, which are slow (like Antonioni's) and which are visually indicative of her photography background. Thanks!

 

[Andrea.RL]

Is the festival done yet? I'm curious to know how it went for her movie.

I think shes one of the rare people that can make a film with little dialogue turn out good and poetic. I saw the previews and the location and her signature style for the images/filming is just beautiful.

 

[FrenchCactus]

Also: if anyone can post European reviews of her film, I'd appreciate it. I can "google translate" too. There are only 2 reviews so far at imdb, but they both give the film a 7/10, saying there is little dialogue, the film works on "moments" and the usual things we hear about Sofia's films, which are slow (like Antonioni's) and which are visually indicative of her photography background. Thanks!

Here are a few in French:

On a encore pu le vérifier en conférence de presse : Sofia Coppola n'est pas très loquace. C'est souvent comme ça avec les gens qui ont un sens de l'observation aussi développé. Et il faut dire que Somewhere regorge de saynètes ironiques et savoureuses sur ce microcosme du cinéma dans lequel elle a grandi et qu'elle connait si bien. Mais l'essentiel n'est pas là, heureusement : comme Marie-Antoinette, le héros de ce nouveau film (Stephen Dorff, parfait dans le genre détaché attachant) vit dans une prison dorée. Tout se qui se passe autour de lui l'indiffère : meme ces danseuses de lapdance qui viennent executer leur numéro dans sa chambre, il les scruterait presque avec le regard vaguement tendre d' une vieille dame devant son Questions pour un champion quotidien. Totalement déconnecté de la réalité et de lui-même ("Je ne suis personne", lance-t-il même dans un acces de désespoir), il sera, au contact de sa fille (Fanning, futée sans être tête à claques), confronté à des sensations toutes simples, comme embarrassé par des sentiments dont il ne se croyait plus capable. Quel est le secret de Sofia Coppola; pour nous émouvoir en filmant des êtres anesthésiés ?

Allociné
In a nutshell: it's a movie made of ironic and delightful sketches. Although the characters seem sedated, it's a movie that manages to touch people.

Après la folie Marie-Antoinette (2008), la réalisatrice de The Virgin Suicides (1998) et de Lost in Translation (2003), revient à une veine plus modeste. C'est son film le plus radical et minimaliste à ce jour. Il évoque quelques jours de la vie de Johnny Marco (interprété par Stephen Dorff), un acteur entre deux âges, vivant à demeure dans un hôtel de luxe à Los Angeles, qui réalise soudain que sa renommée tient moins à sa carrière qu'à l'intérêt frelaté que lui accordent les tabloïds. Au milieu de cette abyssale vacuité, où l'ennui le dispute aux séances de photos débiles et aux coucheries impavides, le film évoque, avec un humour inquiet, les quelques moments qu'il passe avec sa fille, une jeune adolescente que son ex-femme lui a confiée.
Fable désenchantée et laconique sur cette société du spectacle dont la réalisatrice est issue, Somewhere ("quelque part") dégage ce parfum légèrement décadent sur le malheur des gens riches et célèbres qui est la marque de Sofia Coppola. S'ajoute ici, à travers cette relation à la fois tendre et douloureuse entre un père et sa fille, une part évidente d'inspiration biographique, qui fait décidément des Coppola un clan où le cinéma et la famille entretiennent des liens électifs, pour ne pas dire incestueux.

Le Monde
It's Coppola most radical and minimalistic film with a concerned sense of humor. It's a terse fable on the decadent life of the rich & famous.

Premier faux-pas pour Sofia Coppola avec Somewhere, l’histoire d’une star de cinéma ( Stephen Dorff ) qui se rend compte de la vacuité de sa vie. C’est une question élémentaire de cinéma question : faut-il être vide pour traiter de la vacuité ?
Alors qu’elle avait toujours su éviter le piège, cette fois, elle tombe en plein dedans. Elle dont le style s’apparente à l’aquarelle, elle manque ici totalement de force et de substance. Somewhere est aussi marquant qu’une goutte d’eau sur un buvard.

Premiere
Sofia Coppola's 1st bad movie. Do you have to make an empty movie to talk about emptiness? The director had always managed not to fall into this trap, but not this time. Her style resembles an aquarelle painting, but here it lacks substance and force.

And from the UK

The Guardian:

Somewhere stars Stephen Dorff as Johnny Marco, a Hollywood actor living in the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles. The question is, with his black Ferrari, pills, booze, room service and sex on demand, is he living the high life or trapped in a depressing cocoon? The appearance of his 11-year-old daughter, played by Elle Fanning, helps him grope towards an answer ... Coppola asked Dorff to stay at [the Chateau Marmont] every night during the shoot rather than go home every night ... but in Coppola's portrayal, the celebrity life is also quite boring ... still ... the feeling among critics is that [Coppola] is in with a chance [for the Golden Lion].​

The London Evening Standard:

This quiet and restrained portrait ... is not the noisy showbiz chronicle other directors might well have made it ... Anyone expecting fireworks from Coppola after the lavish and controversial Marie Antoinette will be disappointed with Somewhere ... But it may last in the memory a little more than Marie Antoinette, if not quite as long as Lost In Translation.​

The London Independent:

Coppola's achievement is to have made a quietly funny film about such an unsympathetic character. Somehow, she makes us care about the existential angst of a pampered celebrity living a deeply superficial life. Coppola's film-making style is detached and low-key. Aside from one or two sequences in which father and daughter voice their unhappiness, the characters keep their emotions in check. One drawback to her approach is that there is never really a sense of transition or character development.​

Variety:

A quiet heartbreaker.​

 

[dajrekshn]

i'm posting a review from our most important newspaper (nothing close to Le Monde or Guardian reputation, but...hope you don't mind, also excuse me for using the google translantor in lack of time

Director Sofia Coppola has gone out from the thick shadow of famous father when in 2003. Venice presented its "Lost in Translation", a film about two lonely people lost in the Tokyo business hotel. Seven years later, again here is a movie which again speaks about the world of show business, the heroes are two loners and place of action - you guessed - hotel.

The film, titled "Somewhere" and the hotel was Marmont hotel on Sunset Boulevard, is often musical and acting habitat of a rising star. One of these is the hero of Coppola's film, Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff), young star of action movies that between rehearsals and press conference takes a fairly blase speeding life around in Porsche from one to the other women's beds. One afternoon, at his hotel door, his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning) barges. Cleo, who's a very serious kid, Marco brings along to casinos and award ceremonies, while she's trying to create a provisional home in the hotel.

In "Lost in Translation" Sofia Coppola's major advantage was fine irony which depicted the world of show business. In this film, Coppola has chosen to show the atmosphere of Japan and Japanese culture and incredibly jokingly, in a way that many considered arrogant and politically contentious.

In "Somewhere" in the same way she's teasing with Italy. Putting the characters briefly in Milan, this segment of film uses the irony of the berlusconian television culture: in one scene the hero receives award from presenters with a huge diamond cross around his neck, while at the same moment on the stage rush Velines and perform dance sequence. Fine Italian taunt media landscape did not however, met with negative reponse : indeed, the projection of the scene was covered with euphoric laughter and loud applause.

Applause was earned, for "Somewhere" is a small and nice film that has only one flaw - too similar to "Lost in Translation."

jutarnji.hr

oh and one more thing, at the press conference Sofia was asked if her 2nd pregnancy had any influence over the movie and the atmosphere in it - she said how, while she wasn't pregnant during the shoot, she does feel that during the post-production, when she was pregnant, she indeed tranferred certain emotions onto how the relationship between a father and a daughter is going to be shown which she think are due to pregnancy. her constant travelling around the world with her father when she was a kid was the main inspiration for the movie, tho, in her case, hotels were not a negative thing, quite the contrary, she felt they had a special atmosphere that are only traceble in them.

 

[jexxica]

thanks for the review! cant wait to see it!