Sofia Coppola is recalling the second she realized “The Virgin Suicides” was an iconic movie — and it’s all due to Leslie Mann and Maude Apatow.
Coppola advised i-D throughout the twenty fifth anniversary of her 2000 directorial debut that she had no concept Gen Z was conscious of the movie till she was on set for her 2013 function “The Bling Ring.” Throughout manufacturing, actress Mann cited how her daughter was a fan of the movie. Mann has two daughters with husband and collaborator Judd Apatow: Maude and Iris Apatow. On the time of “The Bling Ring,” the eldest Maude would have been 16, the identical age because the Lisbon sisters in Coppola’s adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel. (Coppola had beforehand confirmed to Vogue that Maude Apatow is fan.)
When requested if “a fan or somebody [has] come as much as you and mentioned one thing that’s actually left a mark about your work or the that means that it’s had on them,” Coppola cited her dialogue with Mann. “I used to be engaged on a venture with Leslie Mann and he or she mentioned ‘My daughter loves your film “The Virgin Suicides.”‘ This was possibly 12 years in the past,” Coppola mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘How does she even find out about that? She wasn’t even born then.’ It was lengthy earlier than TikTok. I used to be simply actually shocked, and it made me so joyful.”
Coppola continued of “The Virgin Suicides,” which premiered at Cannes, “No person noticed it when it got here out, however now there’s a era of ladies that rediscovered it. I’m very moved that ladies right now nonetheless hook up with it. I by no means thought that it could imply a lot and be one thing that so many individuals linked to.”
The movie, regardless of grossing slightly below $5 million within the U.S. towards a $9 million funds, later turned a cult traditional synonymous with the melancholic realization that teenage longing and ennui can prolong into maturity. The movie went on to additionally affect the aesthetics of female-focused melancholic adolescent sequence, corresponding to “Euphoria,” which stars Maude Apatow.
Coppola beforehand advised ELLE that she and lead star Kirsten Dunst have plans to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of “The Virgin Suicides.” (Dunst and Coppola have reunited on options “Marie Antoinette” and “The Beguiled.”)
“I believe Kirsten [Dunst] and I’ll plan to do some screenings or one thing round it,” Coppola mentioned of “The Virgin Suicides” turning 25. “I’ve all the time had a connection to that point in life; it’s one thing that I’m drawn to…a lot of my work has been round younger ladies rising up, and the truth that that may nonetheless join with individuals makes me joyful.”
Coppola additionally mentioned within the movie’s official manufacturing notes again in 2000 that Eugenides’ novel impressed her to strive directing. “I actually didn’t know I wished to be a director till I learn ‘The Virgin Suicides’ and noticed so clearly the way it needed to be completed,” Coppola mentioned. “I instantly noticed the central story as being about what distance and time and reminiscence do to you, and in regards to the extraordinary energy of the unfathomable. It’s in regards to the massive themes in life: about mortality and obsession and love.”