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male counterparts. Kyle Buchanan of Vulture.com gives an example on Sofia Coppola, stating that, “After Sofia Coppola delivered one of the most promising film debuts in American movies with The Virgin Suicides, I can’t tell you how many people whispered to me that her then-husband Spike Jonze had really directed it.” (Buchanan) What I find interesting is that he didn’t reference that Sofia Coppola’s father is Francis Ford Coppola, acclaimed director of The Godfather. But even without that…

Let them eat cake. This short, yet powerful statement, is attributed to the French monarch, Marie Antoinette, and she can be seen saying it in the 2006 movie titled Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola. The movie follows the life of the young queen after she arrives from Austria and is thrust into a lavish life as the new Dauphine of France. However, much like the powerful statement of ‘let them eat cake’, which is falsely attributed to Antoinette, many points of this movie fell short of any…

Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film Marie Antoinette has been at the center of movie critic controversy since its release. It has been regarded as stylistically beautiful and fun to watch, while also accused of being devoid of any historical significance. While the film nods its head to popular culture, it does follow the life of the Austrian Archduchess turned French Queen Marie Antoinette. The film opens as Marie Antoinette begins her journey to France to meet her future husband, Louis Auguste (Louis…

Thanks to the ingenious direction behind the one and only Sofia Coppola, this southern gothic drama gave an early summer drowning in vapid blockbusters, a second chance at life. “Brigsby…

we know as director’s signature style (Unger 153). The use of signature styles in Hollywood is way common than in South Korea. For instance, Wes Anderson’s films are saturated in colors, centered subject, and tracking shots. Another example is Sofia Coppola. Her films are non-verbal with hallway and window…

Marie Antoinette the Movie: Accurate or Not? The Hollywood rendition of the life of Marie Antoinette was not historically accurate. The minor details and the major plot supporters were embellished for entertainment reasons causing the viewer to lose sight of the importance of her in the French Revolution. Although Marie Antoinette was visually attractive and fascinating to the eye, it was not accurate due to the addition and loss of certain aspects of her life. Considering Marie Antoinette was…

Marie Antoinette was the Austrian queen of France in the mid-late 1700’s. She was married off to the king of France’s son at fourteen years of age and was executed for treason along with her husband Louis the XVI of France in 1793, late in the French Revolution. She lived the rich and extravagant life of a queen, which makes sense since she was one. Her careless spending during a time when food and resources in France were scarce, along with false accusations, were reasons for her execution.…

Have you noticed, that not many female characters have a (their) say in movies? Reality is that only 32% out of 100% of speaking characters in nowadays movies are women (Lauzen, 2017). Besides the lack of speaking parts portrayed by women characters, there are other noticeable demonstrations (displays) of differences between male and female characters, portrayed in films nowadays. The portrayal of women in the film has been a popular topic of much debated. This is because the portrayal of women…

In this paper I will discuss how gender is portrayed in the media, define mainstream media, identify the different gender portrayals and then analyze how the different forms of media present today effects our society. I will focus on how mainstream media encourages and reinforces gender discrimination and inequalities on a regular basis. Every day Americans are bombarded with images of how gender should be interpreted and played out within our social environments, so much so, that many people…