Sofia Coppola is a director who inspires very mixed feelings in me. To me she's much like M. Night Shyamalan, where she started off as a very promising and innovative filmmaker, but after her few first acclaimed hits takes a very sudden drop in quality. It's almost worse in this case since it happens even quicker, and it's not until I got to view Virgin Suicides much later on that I realized she's not all-around bad after all. It's one of the most heartbreaking and harrowing movies I have ever seen. Truly something special. And recently I saw Lost In Translation, which was similarly thoughtful with a perfect blend of stylish flavor and subdued human emotions.
So even if she continues just making awful movies, I respect her a little bit more for the first two she made.
My ranking so far:
Virgin Suicides:
Lost In Translation:
Somewhere:
The Bling Ring:
Marie Antoinette:
I haven't seen A Very Murray Christmas, her remake of The Beguiled or On The Rocks, but haven't heard the best things about them.
So even if she continues just making awful movies, I respect her a little bit more for the first two she made.
My ranking so far:
Virgin Suicides:
Lost In Translation:
Somewhere:
The Bling Ring:
Marie Antoinette:
I haven't seen A Very Murray Christmas, her remake of The Beguiled or On The Rocks, but haven't heard the best things about them.
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Bird Bod