Sofia Coppola ARCHIVE Book Review

Posted By yonghow on March 16th, 2025

Archive is the first book by Sofia Coppola, covering the entirety of her singular and influential career in film. Constructed from Coppola’s personal collection of photographs and ephemera, including early development work, reference collages, influences, annotated scripts, and unseen behind-the-scenes documentation, it offers a detailed account of all eight of her films to date.

Mapping a course from The Virgin Suicides (1999), through Lost in Translation (2003) and Marie Antoinette (2006), to The Beguiled (2017) and her upcoming feature Priscilla (fall 2023), exploring Priscilla Presley’s early years at Graceland, this luxurious volume reflects on one of the defining and most unmistakable cinematic oeuvres of the twenty-first century.

An art book personally edited and annotated throughout by Coppola, Archive offers an intimate encounter with her methods, references, and collaborators and an unprecedented insight into her working processes. Accompanying the highly personal images and texts from Coppola’s archive is an extended interview with renowned film journalist Lynn Hirschberg discussing the remarkable oeuvre they reflect. Designed by Joseph Logan and Anamaria Morris.

Sofia Coppola ARCHIVE Book Review

Shortly after the release of her 2nd film Lost In Translation (2003), I embarked on my 6 year journey to Tokyo after been awarded a film scholarship to study in Japan. I was discovering and experiencing this exhilarating and fascinating city for the first time, which is why the film resonates strongly with me. I don’t enjoy all of Sofia Coppola’s films as much as Lost In Translation, but all of them are interesting films with excellent art direction/production and costume designs, topped with beautiful photography by some of the best cinematographers like Lance Acord and the late Harris Savides.

This book is a gorgeously designed film scrapbook/visual journal filled with behind the scenes photographs that is sure to please any Sofia Coppola fan, and still a fascinating read for anyone not well versed in her filmography. Recommended.

“Sofia Coppola ARCHIVE” book details :

– Dimensions – 8.74 x 1.65 x 11.14 inches
– softcover, 488 pages
– Full color, in English