Not to anybody, but if you are a fan of either sofia coppola or her latest film, marie antoinette, this is a really nice treasure that makes my coffee table a lot more interesting now. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Marie antoinette by sofia coppola october 10, 2006. Before the beguiled, sofia coppola humanized marie. Sofia carmina coppola is an american film director, actress, producer and academy awardwinning screenwriter. Sofia coppola beautifully executed the extravagance of the time in her film marie antoinette. These are christian louboutins limited edition marie antoinette inspired. She was born an archduchess of austria and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of empress maria theresa and emperor francis i. From her betrothal and marriage to louis xvi at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end. In marie antoinette, pink arrived as tiered cakes and frivolous attitude, humanizing a young queen entrusted with an angry nation, and in somewhere, which was effectively a mans tale, coppola personified the color into a character, allowing it to grow and take its ultimate form in the shape of a fanning sister.
Writer and director sofia coppola puts a new spin on the life and times of one of europes most. The wedding scene and dressing scene from the movie. For marie antoinette, versailles administrators granted sofia coppola, the 35yearold writerdirector, unprecedented access to the chateau and its grounds. Perhaps this passage in the epilogue best sums up the book. The journey, the book upon which the script was based. Based on a bestselling book by lady antonia fraser, this stylized. The journey is a sympathetic 2001 biography of archduchess marie antoinette, the queen of france 17741792 by antonia fraser.
Sofia coppola centred around the screenplay, this book features film stills from the sofia coppola movie marie antoinette, starring kirsten dunst. The daughter of filmmakers eleanor and francis ford coppola, she made her film debut as an infant in her fathers acclaimed crime drama film, the godfather 1972. The oscarwinning lost in translation made her the most powerful woman director in hollywood and icon of cool for her generation. Shot entirely in france, much on location at the palace of versailles, the film is visually stunning, bringing together a cast. Marie antoinette books meet your next favorite book. So much of marie antoinette is so good, but a story this rich and dramatic deserved more. The journey by antonia fraser, sofia coppolas marie antoinette is a powerful and sympathetic film of the tragic life of. The journey, in preparing her script, is less a historian than a pop anthropologist. Virgin suicides and lost in translation have earned sofia coppola a huge and devoted following around the world.
Marie antoinette by sofia coppola, 9780847828982, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. When her acclaimed biography of marie antoinette was optioned by sofia coppola, the author got ready for the standard hollywood letdown. Sofia coppolas most popular book is marie antoinette. Kirsten dunst, jason schwartzman, rip torn marie antoinette 2006 official trailer 1 kirsten dunst movie the retelling of frances iconic but ill. Antonia fraser is the author of many internationally bestselling historical works, including love and louis xiv, marie antoinette, which was made into a film by sofia coppola, the wives of henry viii, mary queen of scots, faith and treason.
Marie antoinette compares favorably to the new world and, more so, to the lost citytwo tales of edens stripped of their fruit. Featuring bright, strong colors and mouthwatering images, it had very little dialogue and instead relied on the costumes and the emotions of the actors to tell the story of the young queen. Personally i found the writing of marie antoinette. Book club books book lists books to read my books the journey book marie antoinette movie best biographies kirsten dunst sofia coppola frances iconic queen, marie antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous let them eat cake, was alternately revered and reviled during her lifetime. When sofia coppolas contemporary rendering of her reign was turned into film and presented at the 2006 cannes film festival it was received with boos and distaste for its elevated depiction of one of frances most notorious villains. Sofia coppola refused to read the famous biography of marieantoinette written by stefan zweig, which she judged too strict. The journey by antonia fraser, sofia coppolas marie antoinette is a powerful and sympathetic film of the tragic life of frances iconic and misunderstood eighteenthcentury queen. The director and writer of the beguiled, whos fresh off of a best director prize from cannes, has surprised and delighted us yet again with her new southern gothic drama, placing nicole kidman, kirsten dunst and elle fanning in an isolated manor home with a sweaty colin farrell, and then seeing what happens.
P ropelled by the postpunk dissonance of gang of four, marie antoinette is sofia coppolas anthem of teenage kicks. The national bestseller from the acclaimed author of the wives of henry viii. Marie antoinette is already tipped to receive several nominations at the academy awards. Thorough research and minute attention to details is the clear mark of both. A scapegoat was in fact what marie antoinette became. The story of marie antoinette marie antoinette the journeybased upon the book by antonia fraser, adapted and directed by sophia coppola. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The twentysix minute making of leads off the pack of bonus features on marie antoinette. An electrifying yet intimate retelling of the turbulent life of historys favorite villainess, marie antoinette, who married frances young and indifferent king louis xvi. Its a sumptuous retooling of the life but not death of the french dauphine, ripped from the ample bosom of the habsburg empire and thrust, at 14 years old, into the gossip, gambling.
Marie antoinette sofia coppola new york film festival. Marie antoinette directed by sophia coppola youtube. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. She turned instead to the book by antonia fraser, which makes the queen a more human character, a young girl with no connection to reality who. It is the basis for the 2006 sofia coppola film marie antoinette. Frances beleaguered queen, marie antoinette, wrongly accused. Ten things that occurred to me while watching marie antoinette. Coppola, who drew upon antonia frasers revisionist biography of marie antoinette, marie antoinette. Marie antoinette by antonia fraser book club reads. As her new movie, marie antoinette, is released, sofia coppola talks to. Marie antoinette sofia coppola movies the new york times.
With kirsten dunst, jason schwartzman, rip torn, judy davis. The book, which was relaunched to coincide with the release of the related film, has had. This is sofia coppolas third film centering on the loneliness of being female and surrounded by a world that knows how to use you but not how to value and understand you. Andy garcias ode to his bygone cuba had no room in its limited imagination for the countrys impoverished masses, but that was because garcia only understood what was taken away from his family. Full of candid onset footage and interviews, it peels back the layers on some of sofia coppolas influences while also getting the perspective of lady antonia fraser, author of marie antoinette. In marie antoinette, the movie, wheeler observes, director sofia coppola depicted the french queens life as one long cakefest, gorging on macaroons and fondantfilled pastries, washed. This was my second antonia fraser book, the first being the wives of henry viii. Marie antoinette by sofia coppola october 10,2006 hardcover january 1, 1657 3. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. It is the basis for the 2006 sofia coppola film marie antoinette the book, which was relaunched to coincide with the release of the related film, has had considerable success.
Sofia coppola has 14 books on goodreads with 1205 ratings. Marie antoinette, which was made into a film by sofia coppola. This book is based around coppolas annotated screenplay, and features lots of behind the scenes photos. These books generally dont stay in print very long, and this is a steal of a price.
Shot entirely in france, much on location at the palace of versailles, the film is visually stunning, bringing together a cast that includes kirsten dunst, ja. Sofia copellas version was almost a stark opposite of the 1938 version. It shows coppola once again able to draw notes from actresses who are rarely required to sound them. Marie antoinette by sofia coppola kirsten dunst, jason. For marie antoinette, versailles administrators granted sofia coppola. Frances beleaguered queen, marie antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous let them eat cake, was the subject of ridicule and curiosity even before her death. Marie antoinette 2006 by sofia coppola starring kirsten dunst and jason schwartzman.