happy belated birthday miss coppola!

On May 14 Sofia turned 40!! So happy bday to our favourite filmmaker with a precious recopilation of images from her films, thanks for the video M!!♥

The Virgin Suicides - trivia (II)

- Kathleen Turner, who plays Mrs. Lisbon, played Sofia's older sister in 'Peggy Sue Got Married' (1986) Francis Ford Coppola.

- Alicia Silverstone was offered the role of Mary Lisbon, but turned it down.

- Chelsea Swain, who plays Bonnie Lisbon, is sister of 'Lolita' actress Dominique Swain.

- Sofia directed her first movie at the same time she was planning her wedding to director Spike Jonze.

- The narrator of the movie is Giovanni Ribisi, close friend of Sofia who she directed in 'Lost in Translation'.

- Robert Schwartzman, who plays Paul Bandino, is Sofia's cousin and member of indie band Rooney.

The Virgin Suicides: trivia

Nothing new in Sofia's world so I will post a bit of trivia and interesting facts of Sofia's films, starting with 'The Virgin Suicides':

- Thurstoon Moore of the band Sonic Youth originally gave the book 'The Virgin Suicides' to Sofia Coppola. After reading it she decided to make it into a movie.

- Josh Hartnett used a wig for his role as Trip Fontaine.

- Leslie Hayman, who plays Therese Lisbon, is a close friend of Sofia Coppola and was the face of Coppola's clothing line Milkfed.

More TVS trivia soon!

Rooney shoots cameo in 'Somewhere'

Great news! Filming has already started at the Chateau Marmont and guess who will star on the film too...? Benicio Del Toro! My God! This is getting better and better!

Remember Paul Bandino from 'The Virgin Suicides'? He's Robert Schwartzman, cousin of Sofia and lead singer of the band Rooney, I love that she always includes her family members in her projects!

Playground Love

by Air for the music soundtrack of 'The Virgin Suicides'. Directed by Sofia Coppola:

Isn't this the best music video?

Sofia's influences

Even someone so inspirational like her has her own influences, or details that can be applied to other artists, delicious taste!

we-are-family

A young Sofia with an even younger Robert Schwartzman, cousin of hers and brother of Jason.

For sure the Coppola clan is one big talented family and Robert is the lead singer of indie band Rooney (you have to listen to them because they sound great, their music was featured several times in 'The OC') but he also did some films when younger, like the 'Princess Diaries' and most important, his debut was in 'The Virgin Suicides', he played the really cool guy on the street Paul Bandino!!!

Talk about talent on the blood.

trip fontaine

“We put a lot of time and effort into his hair, ... And Josh came up with that great walk. I'm such a fan of his. I think he's great.”

What a great quote, he really did one amazing job, who didn't fall in love with Trip?

[The man in the middle is Jeffrey Eugenides, the author of 'The Virgin Suicides'!]

Sofia and Kirsten on the set of 'The Virgin Suicides'

"I liked that the story seemed to capture what it was like to be that age, something that I haven't seen many people get right".

Sofia photographied by then boyfriend Spike Jonze on the set of 'The Virgin Suicides'.

"It was pretty hectic because I was preparing to go to Cannes, trying to get the sound finished, and tasting wedding cake samples. But if you can do a movie, you can do a wedding. It's the same kind of thing: a production".