"Highly theatrical and yet also intimate and informal, Marie Antoinette lets its story slink almost casually through its lovingly composed and rendered images." (NY Times) "Marie Antoinette is Coppola's silk-embroidered fantasy sampler of the inner life of a queen we can never really know: It's a humanist comedy-drama decked out not in sackcloth but in ribbons—instead of flattering our ideas of our own virtuousness, it asks our sympathy for this doomed queen even as we can't help envying her privilege." (Salon.com) The film matches Coppola's modern take on the story of this 18th Century leader with a mix of '80s new wave, electronica, and classical works from artists ranging from Siouxsie and the Banshees ("Hong Kong Garden") and The Cure ("Plainsong," "All Cats Are Grey") to Antonio Vivaldi ("Concerto in G"). more at sonypictures.com/movies/marieantoinette
2006, color, 2 hours 3 minutes, USA