Part lonely, dreamy girl, part Hollywood princess. This may be a rather obvious description of one of cinema’s modern visionaries, but the media love to portray Sofia Coppola as a naive young woman spoilt by her gilded LA upbringing.
Her name has become a brand; a byword for cool, understated movies about bored privileged girls set to a hip soundtrack. The cinematography is always a high point in any one of her films, and is one of my focuses of this article. Essentially I am looking for the standout moments and scenes from her exquisite movies. The best of the best. (excerpt taken from Illusion)