3.31 - MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006) and Anarchy

(The audio from Rob gets better about 7 min in...)

Our next Sofia Coppola film is her 2006 historical biopic MARIE ANTOINETTE. We talk about decadence, loneliness, and why this film tries to several very interesting things — but doesn’t quite succeed in pulling them off.

Next Week

We conclude our Coppola mini-season with her most recent film, 2017’s THE BEGUILED. Will it be LOST IN TRANSLATION, mark 2, or another MARIE ANTOINETTE? Find out here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074P9VGN4.

This Week’s Media

ELLA MINNOW PEA (2001): Mark Dunn

WESTWORLD (2016–): Jonathan Nolan, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandi Newton

Recommendations

THE DREAMERS (2003): Bernardo Bertolucci, Michael Pitt, Eva Green

THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS (2004): Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Dylan Sprouse

CLUELESS (1995): Amy Heckerling, Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash

SPY (2015): Paul Feig, Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne

Footnotes

Firstly, here are the Wikipedia pages we mentioned that you could before (or during!) this movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_consorts, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_monarchs, and (if you’re Sam) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window. This is a good book on the representation of anarchy in culture: https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=fRR8eWzRhbYC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=anarchy+politics&ots=9Qg-eG03Ia&sig=QNjqdX-8VuFeHx2SOEaQ9QYpcWU#v=onepage&q=anarchy%20politics&f=false, and these are both good on the relationship between anarchy and punk (self-consciously alluded to by the opening titles, as we discussed): https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sXeFAgAAQBAJ&dq=anarchy+punk&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s and https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vRtLRAmcNF0C&dq=anarchy+punk&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Finally, here’s a list of alternatives to this week’s film, if you’re interested in the period: http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/10-great-films-set-18th-century.