11.23.2012

Inspiration: Sofia Coppola



Honest. Intimate. Innocent. Endearing. Modest. Melancholic. Beautiful. Ok, I'm currently absolutely in love with this woman. How she looks at the world, in her almost mellow dramatic way that makes her so irresistibly lovable, her soft demeanor, her style, her elegance and her grace, the fact that she has managed to dominate a work that is so clearly her own in a male dominated industry, putting a feminine but sizable imprint on something that males have cornered and coveted for many years now. I just really love her use of imagery and her treatment of music. Plus she always likes to write stories from a subjective POV about loneliness, transience and connections between people. And her music as well, I like the treatment of cinematography mixed with the soundtrack, it works well. And her films are always so open-ended and true to life and poignant. She always liked design and photography and film and fashion… but she just stumbled into film one day cause her dad thought she would like to do a shirt film with him. I just think her style in terms of art is a lot like mine... she is the embodiment of the international woman. Italian, American, French Asian, her flair is so vast and her influence intoxicating, she creates beautiful worlds within highly human and relatable human situations. Her films are always raw and intimate, but sparing us the self-gratifying grit and gore, her feminine touch in that sense is evermore prevalent. Like me, Sofia has many interests spanning from photography, design, film, fashion and music, but it was ultimately her family heritage in film that took over, becoming the medium which best showcased her ability and aesthetic. Good choice. 

Not her best work - Sofia in The Godfather Part III.
Her impeccable style.
Her technical skill. 
Her awesome friends. According to Sofia, Bill was her muse and she would have never made Lost in Translation without him. What a tragedy that would've been.
On the set of 'Lost in Translation'
 On her wedding day to Thomas Mars. Understated and chic in Alaïa at her fathers home in Italy. 
Sofia by Jeurgen Teller for Marc Jacobs. Jacobs once commented that Sofia is the girl he'd most like to be. 

Daddys girl
 Spike Jonze, Sofias ex-husband. A photo taken by Sofia. 
Scarlett by Sofia




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