The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 2000)

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This episode we’re discussing The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola’s first feature film.

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The Virgin Suicides

streaming on Prime, available on Criterion DVD & Blu-ray

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virgin_Suicides_(film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159097/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 

2000 movies: Gladiator; Ginger Snaps, X-men, The Cell, Romeo Must Die, Love & Basketball, Magnolia, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, O Brother Where Art Thou; American Psycho, Battle Royale, Where The Heart Is; Boys Don’t Cry, Dancer in the Dark, Requiem for a Dream; Miss Congeniality+28 Days, Girl Interrupted, Coyote Ugly, But I’m A Cheerleader, Girlfight (Kusama), Charlie’s Angels, Erin Brockovich

adaptation of the 1993 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides

race in Coppola (The Beguiled): https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/the-beguiled-whiteness-review 

On The Rocks David Ehrlich review: https://www.indiewire.com/2020/09/on-the-rocks-review-sofia-coppola-1234588107/ 

DP: Edward Lachman (Carol)

0:38:50

CAST

Kathleen Turner as Mrs. Lisbon

Oscar nomination for Peggy Sue Got Married (FFC movie in which SC played her sister)

Kirsten Dunst as Lux Lisbon (16)

Josh Hartnett as Trip Fontaine (19)

J. Cook as Mary Lisbon  (19)

Hanna R. Hall as Cecilia Lisbon (13)

Leslie Hayman as Therese Lisbon (20)

Chelse Swain as Bonnie Lisbon (14)

Jonathan Tucker as Tim Weiner

Noah Shebib as Parkie Denton

Robert Schwartzman as Paul Baldino

Scott Glenn as Father Moody

Danny DeVito as Dr. E. M. Horniker

Hayden Christensen as Jake Hill Conley

Joe Dinicol as Dominic Palazzolo

Suki Kaiser as reporter Lydia Perl Giovanni Ribisi as adult Tim Weiner (voice)

score + soundtrack

Air and Brian Reitzell (both have worked with SC many times) + Richard Beggs (Apocalypse Now)

0:59:30

spoiler-free evaluations

1:02:50

Plot Synopsis [including SPOILERS]

1:44:00

concluding thoughts, questions, stray details

Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr podcast https://twitter.com/hkhspod?lang=en 

The legacy of TVS:

Coppola’s ad for Marc Jacobs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b8XTGKvcYI 

Secondary Sources & Other Art Mentioned

Pop Culture Therapist https://www.bullhorn.fm/popculturetherapists/posts/uhy2ZFT-the-virgin-suicides 

Soundtracking podcast: https://edithbowman.com/2017/07/episode-48-sofia-coppola/ 

Movies That Changed My Life podcast: https://imdb.simplecast.com/episodes/elle-fanning 

A Rose For Emily: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~DRBR/wf_rose.html 

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songs:

AIR - The Virgin Suicides score & Moon Safari

Carol King - So Alone

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