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Marie Antoinette In my defence I only watched this film for one person in particular. As much as I’d love to say that was Kristin Dunst I can’t . . . because it was purely the temptation of Steve Coogan which drove me to the cinema. And guess what? He’s horrendously underused in it (a comic legend should be doing better, give Hollywood up Steve, come back to Norwich) That is my first gripe. My second comes from the fact I spent six years in secondary school doing history and four at university and I’m pretty certain this Marie Antoinette is a piss poor representation of pre revolutionary France. Sure its not meant to be ‘accurate’ but if its not going to be accurate can it at least not be rubbish . . . and boring too. Boredom seems to be a constant accusation thrown at director Sofia Coppola. I loved Lost In Translation but I thought The Virgin Suicides would have been better suited to a 3 PM melodrama slot on Channel Five. I know people however that thought Lost In Translation was the most pretentious pile of toss they’d ever seen and were tormented by the infinitely witty Murray spending most his screen time sitting, looking unhappy or sitting AND looking unhappy instead of doing his Ghostbusters routine. This for them, made for a criminally tedious cinematic experience. Yet no matter how much you like or dislike Sofia Coppola’s films its hard to ignore her taste in music. Lost In Translation and The Virgin Suicides both have arresting soundtracks and Marie Antoinette is no different. Apparently this soundtrack is seen as a sort of modern day equivalent of what a member of the French aristocracy would have listened to. It takes us from bubble gum 80’s pop such as Bow Wow Wow up to, well . . . 80’s Goth like The Cure’s ‘Plainsong’. The ever more popular Gang Of Four are reeled out and New Order get a showing, with to be fair one of their best (if not the best) songs. On these four tracks alone you’d say that this is quite a good soundtrack. But that’s not all there is to listen to. Amongst the 80’s regulars we get The Strokes with ‘Last Night’ the song which spawned 100,000 imitations. Its also nice to hear Siouxsie and The Banshees on a major film soundtrack where the primary colours on screen are pinks as opposed to black. If you are going to have a French period film played with American actors with American accents why not have a 1980’s-2000’s soundtrack? Its an odd film and it may well be something to do with my gender that I don’t find silly dresses, extravagant balls and pink things entertaining. Though granted the film did have some important messages for men like me. Firstly Dunst proves that some women can look stunning in a dress and not silly, secondly Bow Wow Wow are long overdue a comeback of sorts.
Coogan—tempting Track Listing:
(Note there are two Cd’s to this soundtrack, the second I couldn’t be bothered to describe as frankly it would have taken up another page). Written by Hammond Pictures © Miramax studios |
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