52 Films by Women Vol 2. 33. THE BEGUILED (Director: Sofia Coppola)
You wait years for a Coppola movie and two come out at once. Paris Can Wait , the travelogue, sorry road movie starring Diane Lane and Arnaud Viard and written and directed by Eleanor Coppola will be the subject of a later entry in this series. First we have The Beguiled , written for the screen and directed by Sofia Coppola, Eleanor’s talented daughter. The Beguiled is Coppola’s sixth feature film, after The Virgin Suicides , Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, Somewhere and The Bling Ring . You will have seen or heard of the second one, you know Bill Murray goes to Japan to make a whiskey commercial and hangs out with Scarlett Johansson, before she became Black Widow. This is typical Coppola – not big drama. She has also done TV – Murray asked her to helm his Netflix special, A Very Murray Christmas . Great title, but I remember Scrooged , man, a very underwhelming Christmas comedy. She has also directed opera – La Traviata – in Milan, with costumes by Valentino. Some...