let them eat cake!

having said that- i now just HAVE to post about Marie Antoinette. This is for the benefit of fellow Southern Hemisphereans- hopefully there is the same build up and anticipation in OZ but that doesnt seem likely. The majority of the people i talk to dont know who Sophia Coppola even is.

I dont think MA should be taken as a period piece as such. I think that the costumes and decadent styling may hav lead people to have false expectations of a more (BBC?) type production. I can see why this was booed at Cannes though, the rock music is really jarring and the american accents (....quell horreur!) but this is Sophia coppola's vision of Marie Antoinette-as a vulnerable and giddy teenager. Its designed to reach a modern audience, connecting with the young queen as a person rather than to really convey a very authentic detailed historical account.

So taking that for what it is, i think it will be great! I'm not expecting a brilliant plot; i mean we all know how it ends but i think that the empathy and moods created have its own magic. The movie stills (Like everything else by Sophia Coppola) are incredibly intense and ethereal and so even if all else sucked there is still the gorgeous eye-candy to feast on.