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While much was made of the fact that Marie Antoinette elicited boos at Cannes, the many favorable reviews attracted less attention. Inspired by Antonia Fraser's biography, Sofia Coppola fashions a portrait that's just as dreamy as The Virgin Suicides, her first literary adaptation, and the Oscar-winning Lost in Translation. Set to a soundtrack of post-punk (a conceit that adds more interest than resonance), the teenaged Marie (Kirsten Dunst, quite good) may be shallow, but she's rarely unsympathetic. The story begins in the late-18th century as the Austrian Archduchess agrees to marry Louis-Auguste (Jason Schwartzman). After bidding adieu to her mother, Maria Theresa (Marianne Faithfull), she travels to France, where King Louis XV (Rip Torn) sets the rules--and the list is endless (Judy Davis' Comtesse de Noailles is the primary enforcer). As for the Dauphin, he's just a boy, really, with more interest in his key collection than their marriage bed. Should Marie produce an heir, it might be enough to sustain her--since life is nothing but an endless shopping spree--but clouds gather on the horizon as an impoverished populace rises up against their extravagant leaders. Coppola merely suggests what happens next, although history paints a darker picture. Filmed in and around the Chateau of Versailles, Marie Antoinette is a riot of rustling gowns, sparkling jewels, and Manolo Blahnik-designed shoes. To say that style trumps substance does its maker a disservice, but the look of the thing does leave the deepest impression. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Extras from Marie Antoinette (click for larger image)
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Product Description: Academy Award® winner Sofia Coppola (2003 Best Writing Lost In Translation) directs an electrifying yet intimate re-telling of the turbulent life of history's favorite villainess Marie Antoinette. Kirsten Dunst portrays the ill-fated child princess who married France's young and indifferent King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman). Feeling isolated in a royal court rife with scandal and intrigue Marie Antoinette defied both royalty and commoner by living like a rock star which served only to seal her fate.Features:Deleted scenes'Making-of' featuretteCribs with Louis XVI featurette - Jason Schwartzman gives viewers a tour of the Palace of VersaillesSystem Requirements:Run Time: 123 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 043396159105 Manufacturer No: 15910 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Incredibly BoringI usually don't watch chick flicks but I gave this a try while recovering from wisdom teeth surgery. It was awful! Boring to the last scene. I would prefer to poke my eyes out before watching this again. Guys, run away from this! Rating:  - This Film Was Genuis Yes, the critics hated it. But didn't they also tell us Elf was a funny family classic? This film was done perfectly well in my opinion. It wasn't supposed to be a strict interpretation. This was not aired on BBC (as much as I love BBC). This was a creative approach to history. I mean look at the good. 1) Excellent casting. 2)Gorgeous costumes. 3) Upbeat, classic yet modern music that kept the movies light tone and let's not forget... 4)It showed the luxury that the court all lived in wonderfully. You saw the food, the shopping, the lavish parties, the way they brushed off other cares. You watched her rise and fall. You could feel the court hate/love/hate her. Overall, it was well done. Rating:  - Why This Film Haunts MeWhat I do in life is read histories. It is an obsession with me to "be in time" - to see our life now as being history as we live it. Day to day life just doesn't translate into experience to reflect upon, not until well after the fact. Point is, that the 18th century was pretty rockin and rollin. Look at it...there was never a time so radical and so philosophically In Your Face. Maybe Greece, maybe China, but we digress. Now really, would we choose to be a culture that includes Reality TV, Fast Food, and paperback romances? Maybe - I love me some Top Chef, French Fries and...well, many people do like to read romances, and I say go for it if that's what makes you feel good. We don't choose our surroundings. This retelling of Marie Antoinette's story fascinates me because we have this girl born into her own circumstances (and aren't we all), and she gets on with it. Can any of us see our outcome, can we even guess at the world when we're 14? An 80's soundtrack? Sure. Listen to Mozart, Beethoven, endless unknown composers who are just as interesting - it's music that is happening to you NOW, which is exactly what history is. This movie makes me love this girl - and this boy - because that's exactly what they were at the time. Do you think that if you were born a queen you'd see Your Place in the World, even if you were looking for it? Not if you were a teenager. Not if you were a young mother with your very own child. Not if you were partying down with your arranged ... Read More Rating: - Marie Antoinette film, "A visual feast for the senses"This is one of my favorite movies. People had some complaints about this film though, that it didn't portray all of her life, especially her horrible death. But this was Sophia Coppolla's view of how she wanted Marie Antoinette to be portrayed and remembered. She wanted to show the beautiful, happy, even fun life that Marie Antoinette lived, not her sad ending. The cinematography is superb. The colors are brilliant, bright and beautiful. Kirsten Dunst portrays Marie Antoinette as an elegant, fun-loving, sweet girl, someone you'd love to have as a friend. Sophia Coppolla adds modern music to the film, to make us imagine Marie Antoinette as a modern girl living today. Marie Antoinette in the film is someone we'd like to be. A beautiful princess, living a beautiful life in a beautiful palace, surrounded by beautiful things. Wearing the most beautiful clothes, and wearing very cool wigs and hairstyles, and enjoying the most luscious desserts, champagne, wearing beautiful shoes, and playing with her cute little dogs. This truly is a girl flick, and it just makes you feel good, and the acting isn't bad either. As far as cinematography goes, it's beautiful visually, and to me, that makes it a cinematographic masterpiece. This movie is a feast for the senses. Rating: - Relatively pleasant to watch and is non-disturbing-Modern -Fun- Entertainment,-but not an entirely accurate biography.The main characters are protrayed without the French or Austrian accents. (but this doesn't really matter, because this movie is not based upon an accurate detailed biography). Kirsten Dunst shows purety of heart as a young, virgin Marie Antionette. The movie is beautifully filmed with it's historically correct grand rooms, bedrooms and courtyards. Carriages with white horses and gold, detailed embellishments on doors and beautiful rooms. Drawn by hand playing cards-Esquisite deserts-beautiful hair and hats, lots of details. A young virgin girl's fairy-tale dream, to marry a prince and to live in nobility. A fashion statement in that period of time showing detail of shoes and dresses (one scene of her numerous shoes, shows a brief tennis converse type shoe- I'm sure in was put in the movie for fun to see if anyone notices it! There are a few subtle dashes of humor sprinkled in the movie) The majority of the historical and political accuracy of events are omitted. Part of the music is modern music of today, but not all of it. (I believe it is added to reach the young viewers of today, to show to them that she was just a regular girl, wanting to be loved and wanting to have fun.) This movie greatly focuses on the newlywed years of the young Marie A., she is frustrated and she does not know why she is rejected sexually by her husband in the early years of their marriage. She is ridiculed and pressured to produce an heir to the throne. In my opinion, she rebelles with lavish parties, gambling and ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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