Sofia Coppola is an interesting person. Her grandfather is Carmine Coppola, the Oscar-winning musician who penned the Godfather score, her mother directed the brilliant documentary Hearts of Darkness, her dad is the incomparable Francis Ford Coppola (one of Detroit's favorite sons), her cousin is Nicolas Cage (who used to be good when he was still an actor, pre-Leaving Las Vegas), her aunt is Talia Shire, otherwise known as Adrian in the Rocky franchise and Connie in the Godfathers, and her other cousin is Jason Schwartzmen of Rushmore/I Heart Huckabees/Darjeeling Limited fame.
First, she appeared as the baby being baptized in the Godfather. Then she showed up as Diane Lane's little sister in the immortal Rumble Fish. Seven years later, her only starring role ever in the flawed (but still a masterpiece) Godfather III. Yes, for the record she is terrible in that film, and almost single-handedly destroyed it with her wooden delivery (a truly missed opportunity, as Winona Rider dropped out of the cast at the last minute due to "exhaustion").
Then she fell off the map, married Spike Jones (Being John Malkovich and the Beastie Boys 'Sabotage' videos director), got a divorce and had a kid with the lead singer of Phoenix. Unexpectedly, she came back as the director of the underrated Virgin Suicides. But she really established herself with the wonderful Lost In Translation, one of my favorite films of the last decade. She followed that up with the interesting but insignificant Marie Antoinette, which could have been great.
So that brings us up to now. Her new film, Somewhere, looks very interesting, and firmly rooted in Lost In Translation territory. Here she attempts to resurrect Stephen Dorff, who I've always been a fan of (yes, I'm the one). It looks amazing.
Take a look here - in full 1080 HD btw.
