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To mark the film’s 20th anniversary and fulfil her mother’s wishes, Sofia reviewed the previously unseen footage.
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Sofia → mark → footage
Eleanor died in 2024.
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Eleanor → die → 2024
Making Marie Antoinette explores the craftsmanship and care behind the film and offers a glimpse into what it meant to be a young female director at the time.
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it → make → time
Eleanor is voiced by Diane Lane, a regular collaborator with the Coppola family, who reads excerpts from Eleanor’s journals reflecting on her experiences on set and her relationship with her daughter.
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Sofia, who won the Academy Award for best original screenplay for the 2003 romantic comedy Lost In Translation, told the Press Association: “It was so touching to go through this footage and see that time through my mum’s eyes.
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Now I have grown children of my own, I can see it from a mother’s perspective.
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“It felt like a gift to have all this footage that she wanted to be put together.
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I felt so lucky that she had shot almost 80 hours, and it was daunting to work out how to put it all together in the way she would have wanted.
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That was challenging, but I’m really happy to have had it done and to be able to share it.”
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Sofia, who was 34 when she made Marie Antoinette, said it was strange to see herself as a young filmmaker.
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“I feel like I was such a baby, and I can see that I was hesitant about asserting myself in a way that I’m not all these years later,” she explained.
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“There’s an evolution, and I hope that’s helpful for young filmmakers to see, too, that you don’t just go in there as an experienced person.”
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The film won best costume design at the 2006 Oscars and the documentary features interviews with costume designer Milena Canonero.
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“Watching the footage, I’m proud and impressed with how our whole team came together, how so many people can co-ordinate to put something in the frame where everything fits together,” said Sofia.
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“I’m in awe of Milena Canonero’s incredible costumes and her power of compartmentalisation.
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I’m still impressed by movie magic and how it all comes together, and I hope people get some insight into how we work together.”
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Asked whether she would make another documentary in the future, Sofia said she is happy to return to her screenwriting roots.
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“I learned a lot from this,” she said.
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“It was so different, but I’m looking forward to going back to writing a script and creating a world, because I really enjoyed that.
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“It was a really interesting experience finding our way through the footage, working with the editor and seeing how the story evolved.
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I learned a lot from it, but I’m excited to go back to my narrative films.”
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Making Marie Antoinette is in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday.
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