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Sofia Coppola: Forever Young

Hannah Strong · 2022

Hannah Strong’s Sofia Coppola: Forever Young is an illustrated critical survey of the Academy Award–winning writer and director’s career, covering everything from her groundbreaking music videos through her latest films.<br/><br/>In the two decades since her first feature film was released, Sofia Coppola has created a tonally diverse, meticulously crafted, and unapologetically hyperfeminine aesthetic across a wide range of multimedia work. Her films explore untenable relationships and the euphoria and heartbreak these entail, and Coppola develops these themes deftly and with discernment across her movies and music videos. From The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette to Lost in Translation and The Beguiled, Coppola’s award-nominated filmography is also unique in how its consistent visual aesthetic is informed by and in conversation with contemporary fine art and photography.<br/><br/>Sofia Coppola offers a rich and intimate look at the overarching stylistic and thematic components of Coppola’s work. In addition to critical essays about Coppola’s filmography, the book includes interviews with some of her closest collaborators, including musician Jean-Benoît Dunckel and costume designer Nancy Steiner, along with a foreword by Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher. It engages with her creative output while celebrating her talent as an image maker and storyteller.<br/><br/>Along the way, readers meet again a cast of characters mired in the ennui of missed connections: loneliness, frustrated creativity, rebellious adolescence, and the double-edged knife of celebrity, all captured by the emotional, intimate power of the female gaze.<br/><br/>Includes color photographs and illustrations

Colours of Film: The Story of Film in 50 Palettes

Charles Bramesco · 2023

<p><b>‘What’s so wonderful about Bramesco’s book, outside of a visually splendid layout that embraces the first word of that title with detailed color breakdowns of each palette, is how much it enhances the critical language of the average viewer.’ – Brian Tallerico, Editor of RogerEbert.com</b><br><br><b>Taking you from the earliest feature films to today, <i>Colours of Film</i> introduces 50 iconic movies and explains the pivotal role that colour played in their success.</b><br><br>The use of colour is an essential part of film. It has the power to <b>evoke powerful emotions</b>, provide <b>subtle psychological symbolism</b> and act as a<b> narrative device</b>.<br><br><b>Wes Anderson’s pastels</b> and muted tones are aesthetically pleasing, but his careful use of colour also acts as a shorthand for interpreting emotion. And let’s not forget <b><i>Schindler’s List </i></b>(1993,<i> dir. </i>Steven Spielberg), in which a bold flash of red against an otherwise black-and-white film is used as a<b> powerful symbol of life, survival and death.</b><br><br>In <i>Colours of Film</i>, film critic Charles Bramesco introduces an element of cinema that is often overlooked, yet has been <b>used in extraordinary ways</b>. Using infographic colour palettes, and stills from the movies, this is a <b>lively and fresh approach to film</b> for cinema-goers and colour lovers alike.<br><br>He also explores in fascinating detail how the development of t<b>echnologies have shaped the course of modern cinema</b>, from how the <b>feud between Kodak and Fujifilm</b> shaped the colour palettes of the 20th Century's greatest filmakers, to how the advent of computer technology is creating a <b>digital wonderland </b>for modern directors in which <b>anything is possible.</b><br><br><b>​</b>Filled with <b>sparkling insights and fascinating accounts from the history of cinema, </b><i>Colours of Film </i>is an indispensable guide to one of the most important visual elements in the medium of film.</p>

SOFIA COPPOLA ARCHIVE

SOFIA COPPOLA · 2023

Archive is the first book by Sofia Coppola, covering the entirety of her singular and influential career in film. Constructed from Coppola’s personal collection of photographs and ephemera, including early development work, reference collages, influences, annotated scripts, and unseen behind-the-scenes documentation, it offers a detailed account of all eight of her films to date. Mapping a course from The Virgin Suicides (1999), through Lost in Translation (2003) and Marie Antoinette (2006), to The Beguiled (2017) and her upcoming feature Priscilla (fall 2023), exploring Priscilla Presley’s early years at Graceland, this luxurious volume reflects on one of the defining and most unmistakable cinematic oeuvres of the twenty-first century. An art book personally edited and annotated throughout by Coppola, Archive offers an intimate encounter with her methods, references, and collaborators and an unprecedented insight into her working processes. Accompanying the highly personal images and texts from Coppola’s archive is an extended interview with renowned film journalist Lynn Hirschberg discussing the remarkable oeuvre they reflect. Designed by Joseph Logan and Anamaria Morris