‘Making Marie Antoinette’: A Mother’s Love Letter to Sofia Coppola’s Genius Charms NYFF

OK SO THIS IS MY WHOLE PERSONALITY TODAY SOFIA COPPOLA WAS LITERALLY CAUGHT ON TAPE IN HER TRAILER BEING CRABBY AND REFUSING TO TALK TO HER OWN MOM ELEANOR WHILE DIRECTING MARIE ANTOINETTE AND THE THING IS ELEANOR SHOT EIGHTY HOURS OF FOOTAGE AT VERSAILLES WHICH SAT AROUND UNTIL AFTER SHE DIED IN 2024 SO NOW SOFIA AND AN EDITOR FINALLY TURNED IT INTO A DOC FOR THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL WITH DIANE LANE NARRATING HER MOM'S OLD DIARY ENTRIES AND IT TURNS OUT SOFIA WAS BUTTING HEADS WITH HER CINEMATOGRAPHER LANCE ACORD BECAUSE HE WANTED MORE SHOTS OF HER ACTUAL COUSIN JASON SCHWARTZMAN INSTEAD OF CENTERING KIRSTEN DUNST WHO HAD OVER SEVENTY ORIGINAL DRESSES AND IT DROPS ON MUBI ON OCTOBER TWENTY-THIRD WHICH MEANS WE GET TO WATCH HER SAY SHE IS NEVER DOING THIS AGAIN. OK THAT IS ME DONE, I SWEAR.

THIS ONE MADE ME PUT MY PHONE DOWN BECAUSE SOFIA COPPOLA AND HER ENTIRE CREW WERE COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED ON SET BY HOW LONG THE CAST'S HAIR TOOK AND THE THING IS HER LATE MOM ELEANOR SHOT EIGHTY HOURS OF FOOTAGE AT VERSAILLES WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THE WHOLE FAMILY FINALLY WATCHED IT IN NAPA VALLEY AND TURNED IT INTO A NEW DOCUMENTARY FOR THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL WHERE DIANE LANE READS ELEANOR'S DIARIES WHILE SOFIA FIGHTS HER CINEMATOGRAPHER LANCE ACORD WHO WANTED TO FOCUS ON HER COUSIN JASON SCHWARTZMAN INSTEAD OF KIRSTEN DUNST IN OVER SEVENTY ORIGINAL DRESSES SO NOW IT HITS MUBI ON OCTOBER TWENTY-THIRD WHICH MEANS WE FINALLY GET TO SEE HER ADMIT SHE WILL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN. OK LAST ONE AND THEN WE DANCE.

The New York Film Festival premiered "Making Marie Antoinette," a documentary assembled from 80 hours of behind-the-scenes footage shot by Sofia Coppola's late mother, Eleanor Coppola.

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