MARIE ANTOINETTE 2006 “Everything we did is based on research about the period, but it’s all seen in a contemporary way,” says director Sofia Coppola about her movie "Marie Antoinette", based on the book Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser (2002). “My biggest fear was making a ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ kind of movie. I didn’t want to make a dry, historical period movie with the distant, cold tableau of shots. It was very important to me to tell the story in my own way. ...” about the costumes >>> Director Sofia Coppola with her team Director/Screenplay by SOFIA COPPOLA |