Coppola's film journey

In the list of 100 Great Directors in History just selected by a British magazine, as the only woman on the list, Sofia Coppola's experience is legendary.

Sofia Coppola's Phoenix Trio

Sofia Coppola, who directed Lost in Tokyo and Cleopatra, became the only female director on the list. The film encyclopedia gave her a very unique evaluation. "As an actress, she is very rubbish, but as a director, she is very opinionated. Her works can break the inherent frame and show her brave, cold and imaginative side. "

Born in a famous family in Hollywood, this woman, who is a model, photographer, designer, actor, director and screenwriter, was criticized as "a woman who is loved and hated, and she almost got everything she wanted", but she was also reviled and abandoned by the film industry. But after years of silence, as a director, she only used three big-screen works, which made countless previously disdainful eyes amazing and appreciated.

Fame: She was abandoned by the film.

197 1 may, Coppola, a famous Hollywood family, was beaming. Coppola's position in the film industry is no less than that of the Kennedy family and the Bush family in the political field. This baby girl, born with a family aura, is a phoenix before she flies to the branches, that is, Sofia Coppola.

Her father, the head of the family, is francis ford coppola, who won the Oscar for Best Director and directed the classic gangster film The Godfather Trilogy. The advantage of having such a father is that Sophia was brought to the screen as a "prop" in her infancy, and appeared as a baptized baby at the end of The Godfather, greeting the audience in ignorance. At the age of two, she starred in The Godfather II again, playing a child playing on a boat. Sophia has been traveling with her filming father since she was a child. "I go to school all over the world, just like a child following the army." Under the arrangement of her father, 8-year-old Sophia began her "official performance" career, and successively appeared in several films directed by other directors, such as Betta and The Outsider, which were frequently exposed on the screen. Family fame has undoubtedly brought many opportunities and conveniences to Sophia, but life under fame is not all the way. 1990, Sophia 18 years old. At the last minute, old Coppola insisted on "father-daughter soldiers" and replaced Winona Laura Horowitz's role in The Godfather Part III. Not only will this change of heart not bring any praise to Sophia, who appeared for the first time. Because of the immature acting skills, the audience thought that the Coppola family should "behave well" and did not get a response from Sophia. After the film was released, the media and public opinion lashed out at her. People laughed at her hooked nose and criticized her unattractive face. Even when her character was killed, the audience in the cinema cheered in unison. When harsh comments such as "shameful nepotism" and "ridiculous performance with no future" swept Sophia, Sophia suffered the first trough in her life.

Then Sophia's performance in prequel trilogy I was also sneered at by everyone. In March of the following year, the American "Golden Raspberry Award" awarded her the worst supporting actress award and the worst newcomer award. Faced with such a blow, Sophie had no choice but to quit the screen after the movie InsideMonkeyZetterland.

Return with honor: she succeeded because of the director.

Sophia, whose career was frustrated, left Hollywood, but maybe she was born with movies. Sophia, who failed as an actress, will return to the film industry in another capacity.

It is said that when Sophia was only three years old, one day old Coppola and his wife suddenly had a big fight in the car. When the quarrel was in full swing, Sophia suddenly shouted, "Cut!" From that moment on, old Coppola decided that the little girl would become a director in the future, because she already knew how to control out-of-control scenes. 1998, Sophia, who left the film industry for almost 10 years, tried to direct a short film "Licking the Stars" with a length of only 14 minutes. Although the short film won some favorable comments at the Venice Film Festival, Sophia was not confident enough to say "I want to be a director".

1999 is an important turning point in Sophia's life. She was attracted by the novel Death of a Virgin, and the description of that unforgettable adolescent story firmly grasped her. "I really want to make it into a movie," Sophia said. "It inspired my creative desire." Sophia began to bury herself in writing, and finally came up with a script so good that the film company did not hesitate to abandon it and even let her direct it herself.

This time Sophia returned to the Jianghu as a director and made a beautiful turnaround.

In Death of a Virgin, Sophia delicately created a sad and nostalgic style, and the deep sadness revealed by adolescent girls shocked the world. As soon as the film was released, it was almost warmly welcomed. Death of a Virgin won Sophia the Best Young Director Award in Hollywood and the Best Newcomer Award in MTV Film Production. When it premiered at Cannes Film Festival, it was hailed as "an exciting directorial debut, a film that can win an Academy Award!" Through her talent and hard work, she made people focus on the Coppola family again. Sophia said excitedly: "It is really exciting to make my voice outside such a famous family for the first time, which means a lot to me.

If Death of a Virgin successfully established Sophia's position in the film industry, then the second work pushed her to the center of the stage. In 2003, the film Lost in Tokyo, which was written and directed by Sophia again with an investment of only 4 million US dollars, was filmed in only 27 days, which made her become the focus again. Sophia admits that she is a Wong Kar-wai fan. The film was inspired by Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love. This film tells the story of two strange American men and women meeting in Tokyo. Sophia's delicate balance makes the film shed irresistible sadness and confusion without losing its warmth. Lost in Tokyo has become one of the most watched movies this year and won many awards. These include the Venice Film Festival's Most Popular Film Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, including independent spirit awards's Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor. At the same time, he won four nominations for the 76th Academy Awards, and finally won the Best Original Screenplay Award. Sophia became the first American female directors nominated for the Oscar for Best Director.

In 2006, Sophia boldly put Marie Antoinette, queen of French King Louis XVI, on the screen. Known as Sophia's "most ambitious movie", Cleopatra won the "Best Costume Design Award" at the 79th Academy Awards.

As a director who has only made three films, Sophia was recently listed as one of the "Great Directors in History 100" by the British film magazine Movie Encyclopedia, and she became the only female director selected.

Sophia effect: the muse of fashion.

During the time when she left Hollywood, Sophia became interested in fashion and photography. God has always favored this arrogant woman, and she has always been a hot topic in fashion. The trend indicator she led is called "Sophia effect", which is popular in Europe and America and praised by international fashion media. Her unique dress taste and design style made her shine in the fashion circle, and Sophia was awarded the Top Ten Clothing Award of the Year by Vanity Fair, an American fashion magazine.

As early as when she was studying in california institute of the arts, Sophia was invited by the famous fashion master Langer Fife to be the spokesperson of Chanel. Besides spreading her charm on the runway, Sophia is more eager to become an artist. She has been trying every art field, dabbling in painting and photography, and studying fashion design under the designer Carl Lagerford. Later, Sophia joined the clothing brand X-Large as a partner, which inspired Sophia to start a business. After some efforts, the leisure fashion brand "MilkFed" belonging to Sophia was finally born. 1997, MilkFed was selected as one of the best independent fashion brands by fashion magazine.

In addition, she is the trend consultant of marc jacobs, the design director of the famous French brand LV. Marc's personal brand fashion takes Sophia as the trend indicator every season. Also named a handbag "Sofiabag", this red luxury crocodile leather handbag costs nearly $7,000 and is listed as one of the top ten handbags designed by Mark Jacobs.

Then Sophia turned her energy to photography and visual design. She took photos for vogue, playboy, details and other magazines, which laid the foundation for her later positioning her unique visual style in the film.