Sofia Coppola: Archive is the first book by the filmmaker herself — a 488-page excavation of eight films drawn entirely from her personal collection of photographs, annotated scripts, reference collages, and behind-the-scenes documentation never before published.
About This Book
Built from the contents of Coppola's own archive rather than a critic's retrospective, this volume traces her cinematic practice from The Virgin Suicides (1999) through to Priscilla (2023) with the specificity of a working document. Reference images, development materials, and annotated scripts reveal not just what the films look like but how they were conceived — the visual language, the collaborative instincts, the recurring preoccupations. An extended interview with film journalist Lynn Hirschberg provides critical framing, but it is the intimate, self-curated imagery that defines the book. For anyone serious about film direction, production design, or the relationship between personal vision and cinematic form, this is primary source material.
Key Features
- 488 pages of personal photographs, reference collages, annotated scripts, and behind-the-scenes documentation across eight films
- Extended interview with film journalist Lynn Hirschberg
- Covers all eight films to date: The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, The Beguiled, and more, through to Priscilla
- Published by MACK, 2023
What You'll Discover
- How Coppola constructs visual reference during early development — the collages and images that precede and shape each film's aesthetic
- The annotated scripts that expose her directorial thinking at the page level, before production begins
- The through-lines of a singular cinematic oeuvre: recurring themes, collaborators, and instincts across twenty-five years of filmmaking
- An account of Priscilla in development — Priscilla Presley's early years at Graceland as interpreted through Coppola's research and visual preparation
About the Author
Sofia Coppola is a filmmaker whose eight features — spanning The Virgin Suicides (1999) to Priscilla (2023) — constitute one of the most distinctive and consistently personal bodies of work in contemporary cinema. She personally edited and annotated this volume, making it as much an artwork as a document of her practice.
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 488
- Dimensions: 216 x 280 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781915743138
- Publisher: MACK
- Publication Date: 2023
Perfect For: Film directors, production designers, and visual researchers interested in creative process; photography and art book collectors; students of cinema, costume, and production design drawn to Coppola's particular aesthetic intelligence.