Sofia Coppola: The rise of feminism

Uriah 2022-01-08 08:01:45

2010 is really a downturn and sad year for the film industry. According to statistics, the total number of people in the film industry is only 129 million, a 14-year low. No suspense is nominated for the 2011 first set of Golden Globes and the New Year’s Salute Oscars. The bane of lack of interest. Films that have lost the spirit of reflection and judgment are particularly pale in a rebounding economy. The two camps of not selling prizes and selling prizes are bound to continue to dispute. However, for the time being, it is gratifying to see again in this piece of gunpowder. The dawn of female film workers. After last year’s Oscar awarded the Best Director Award to Kathryn Bigelow, making her the first woman to win the award, at the beginning of the year, the Golden Globe Award was awarded to the director of "Better World". The Danish female director Susanne Bier, and Lisa Cholodenko’s witty "Children Are Nice" won the best music/comedy film, and also won the best actress award for the veteran Hollywood actress Annette Bening. There was no award in the 6th year of the Qing Dynasty, but I don’t know the fate of the film after the 83rd Oscar nomination?
In fact, the proportion of female practitioners in the film screenwriter industry is relatively much higher, especially at the beginning of the 20th century, which was extremely vibrant and even had a history of more than half. But also looking at the survival status of female directors, it is difficult to be optimistic. Despite continuous efforts and struggles, from the struggle for political status to the comparison of economic status, the ratio of men to women in the film industry seems to always stay at September 1 or August 2 For women, the cruelty and fame and fortune in film investment is a war that tests mental strength, endurance, and firepower for women. Fighting wits, technology, connections, capital, nationality, and even youth, time, and the inside of the film circle. Manipulated by the hypocritical male power, the box office and trophies are relatively easy for small countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands with government support, but for the female directors bravely breaking into Hollywood, it is more like a miracle like a mirage.
“The reason why there are so few female film directors is obviously because the top level of the Hollywood system is a men’s club, which is always manipulated by men. Although we can always play the game called'equality between men and women' when we are in school, once we graduate, things will happen. It's different."-
Jane Campion
However, miracle creators always come after one after another, and Sofia Coppola is a wonderful flower.
Many people have heard of the strong family history of this girl born in the 70s who grew up in California, USA. A brief drawing of a modern Coppola genealogy looks like this: Grandfather Carmine Coppola (American composer) gave birth to three sons, respectively. It is the eldest August Coppola, the second child Francis Ford Coppola and the youngest daughter Talia Shire. The main contribution of the eldest son is the birth of the world-renowned superstar Nicolas Cage. The other two children, Marc Coppola and Christopher Coppola, also live in the film industry; the second child is the "godfather" of the famous film industry and is also a frequent companion of Sofia Coppola. His father, the other two sons, Gian-Carlo Coppola and Roman Coppola, have made small achievements in the film industry; as for the three girls, they are well-known actors who have married well-known Hollywood composer David Shire and producer Jack Schwartzman. The child has also played roles in many films.
Every time you finish the genealogy, you have to sigh for a long time. The family's ambitions are all in the film industry and the achievements are outstanding. For many people, this terrible movie family industry and the aura of father and brother are enough to make any family. Future generations feel bored, especially for female directors like Sofia Coppola, who are eager to have a place on the world movie stage. Every shining medal in the family-such as dad and cousin, is her career. In Mount Taishan and Huashan Himalayas, media public opinion is like a shadow, everyone is waiting to see the jokes, just like people love to see how Paris Hilton squanders youth and spoils the family industry. Actress and director Clint Eastwood’s daughter) filming the glamorous cover of "Playboy", in this high-tech new media age, the best thing is to let the embarrassment spread thousands of miles in half a second, and they don’t care about the new world they create—unless it’s true. That can surprise people.
Therefore, too much attention from the media may have a fatal negative impact for a literary film director trying to shape his own style, because everything you do will make public opinion instantly use its intelligent search engine. Think of your omnipotent relatives. However, Sofia Coppola seems to enjoy all this. She was dragged into the cast of "The Godfather" by her father since she was a baby. The trilogy has witnessed the beginning and growth of her acting career. Perhaps the fans encountered in her teenage years were too harsh. Leading her to join the ranks of directors resolutely. After two tentative short films, in 1999, a first-person reminiscence narrative, "Death of the Virgin" that told the suicide stories of 5 girls began to make Hollywood look forward to her. The novel selection of stories and the mysterious The way of expression makes this film particularly prominent. Beauty and cruelty coexist. The image of the girl and the endless sunshine seem to wander at the end of the gloomy and obsessive thinking of boys, full of erratic, perplexed but nostalgic meaning. Although this film did not win her more awards and voices, it was the perfect starting point for her directorial career. Because everything is so different, she pays attention to the hearts of boys and girls, and gives the weakest and most neglected emotions the power to survive. You can see the process of youth disillusionment, innocence, beauty, silence, psychedelic, Selfish, corrupt, sick, even death is like a mockery of a smile. So far, this film is still considered to be a film that can represent the new American outlook on human life.
Every film shot by Sofia Coppola lives with the appeal of women. "Lost in Tokyo" filmed in 2003 has won her fame and fortune, and it has become her most successful masterpiece of filming so far. She has tried her best in the film. Exploring "self-awareness" and using plain techniques to describe the human separation and loneliness may be related to her emotional journey. Too many of her own shadows are projected in it, making people with stories fuller and more real. Because of this, she also gradually learned about the obstacles she couldn't overcome in her married life, and after the filming was over, she announced her divorce with her husband. And the original script film "Somewhere", which is also mixed with private memories, won the Golden Lion Award at the 67th Venice Film Festival unexpectedly. The film tells the story of a wandering son who was spending money like money and drunk money and met an illegitimate daughter in search of his father. Although the subject matter is a bit old-fashioned, the combination of Sofia’s proficient long shots and implicit metaphors is so seamless, the kind of waiting and uneasy full of confusion, the mentality of breaking the pot and falling into a dilemma, becomes each waiting and The true portrayal of people on the way of consuming life, this delicate and rich touch is not something that every male director can do, but as a woman, thinking about sensibility is an innate talent, and you don’t even need to think about it. All it takes is inspiration and talent.
Sofia's "Queen of Eternal Beauty", which has received bad reviews in the course of the director, has been labeled as vulgar and superficial, but through each round of Mei Huan's costumes, scenes, and excellent art design, she is shown as a person. The aesthetic taste of female fashion designers and artists. Perhaps it is precisely because of the entanglements, political scandals and serious topics that most court struggle films show, so she took a well-known familiar history so magnificently, exquisitely, and magnificently, bringing this newly grown fashion legend Marie-Antoinette Becoming so vivid and fragrant, the prosperous and obscene, extravagant and gorgeous of the Bourbon dynasty suddenly appeared on the screen, like cherries and strawberries on a cream cake, like the softest princess dream in every girl’s heart, Sofia What I want to talk about is not the history that everyone knows, but the most glamorous and coveted spring scenery before the collapse of this history.
This is probably beyond the reach of male directors with rigorous logical thinking ability. Not because of aesthetic taste or limited investment, but because of the difference in focus. Sometimes what people need is not a huge chain of clues and a sophisticated and comprehensive layout, not human shortcomings and heroic perfection, but just a point from the most plain The gentle touch of life seems to be scattered all over the place, but I can deeply feel the sympathy of women's needs she conveyed.

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  • Myrl 2022-03-18 09:01:05

    What is going on with this movie getting the Golden Lion? What's going on with Quentin? Coppola brought us a hypocritical, terrible, poorly-paced, dull and boring film. Except for one of the underwater shots, it is difficult to have a scene that can make people impressive. Only the soundtrack can be mentioned. ★★☆

  • Pietro 2022-03-19 09:01:06

    Road movies are really a good carrier for the protagonist to change the trajectory of his mind, especially the road accompanied by children or teenagers. "The Perfect World", "Finding the Beginning of Happiness", "Names Lost on the Map"... have all been tried and tested. Sophia Coppola is really suitable for such an understatement. "Somewhere" can accurately convey the defeated mood of the glorious protagonist. As for what the trip with my daughter has changed, it’s inconvenient to say

Somewhere quotes

  • Johnny Marco: Hi, Cleo.

    Cleo: Hey.

    [beat]

    Cleo: Why are you taking a bath next door? Is yours broken?

    Johnny Marco: ...yeah.

  • Johnny Marco: What's that book about again?

    Cleo: It's about this girl that's in love with this guy. But he's a vampire, and his whole family's vampires. So she can't really be with him.

    Johnny Marco: Why doesn't she become one too?

    Cleo: doesn't she become one too? Cleo: Because she can't. He doesn't want to turn her into a vampire. And if she gets too close to him, he won't be able to help himself.

    Johnny Marco: Oh, man.