Inside the Sofia Coppola Archive coffee-table book, in pictures: from Bill Murray off-camera on Lost in Translation to a candid Kirsten Dunst shooting Marie Antoinette

Sep 4 , 2023

Actress Kirsten Dunst, a longtime Sofia Coppola collaborator, in a photograph from the director’s new book Archive. Photos: Mack

The Virgin Suicides (1999), Lost In Translation (2003) and Marie Antoinette (2006) … three defining moments in recent movie history, all of them the work of director Sofia Coppola – yes, the daughter of famed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.

The realisation of those films and the rest of her work is documented in her first book, Archive, a scrapbook-like tome featuring personal photographs, mood boards, collages, annotated scripts and many unseen images from the oeuvre of the Oscar-winning screenwriter, producer and director.

Mack’s Sofia Coppola Archive sees the director open her vaults to offer intimate glimpses behind the camera.

In the book, Coppola – who has many connections to the fashion world and is a frequent collaborator with Chanel – opens up about her remarkable filmography in a lengthy interview with film journalist Lynn Hirschberg.

To celebrate the release, we take an alternative, behind-the-scenes walk through Coppola’s filmography via our favourite images from the new book.

On the set of Lost in Translation (2003)

Bill Murray working on 2003’s breakout indie hit Lost in Translation.

Behind the camera of Marie Antoinette (2006)

Kirsten Dunst gets into character as Marie-Antoinette.

On set with a young Elle Fanning filming Somewhere (2010)

Coppola (middle) with Elle Fanning (right), one of her frequent collaborators.

A mood board preparing for The Bling Ring (2013)

A mood board and accessories from the set of The Bling Ring from Sofia Coppola Archive.

… All the way to Priscilla (2023)

The coffee table book also features unseen images and behind-the-scenes materials from Coppola’s upcoming film about the life of Priscilla Presley, starring Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny and releasing on October 23.

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Sofia Coppola’s distinct visual aesthetic is celebrated in publisher Mack’s new coffee-table book Archive, a scrapbook-like tome of behind-the-scenes photos, mood boards, scripts and a fresh interview
Ahead of the forthcoming Priscilla Presley biopic, take an alternative walk through Coppola’s arresting oeuvre with stills from The Virgin Suicides to The Bling Ring