there is something about the way sofia coppola directs that makes the film so.. endearing. sofia copolla is not your usual director. it's either you love her or you hate her, and it takes a while for a person to truly appreciate her work. she has this unique eye that makes every single shot of the camera an art piece. a moving art photo-- that's how i would describe the film. you can take any still shot of the movie, and it would come out as a very artsy picture. the first thing i noticed about the movie is that it does not make use of typical camera angles, camera movement and scene transitions; there were a lot of awkward angles, shaky movement and sudden cuts, but they all work. another unusual thing about the film is the musical score. the setting is in the past, yet the music is modern.

another thing i like about sofia coppola is that she doesn't have to show some body to make you understand what the scene is about or express the emotion of the situation: a hand or the setting is enough. this, i think, is a distict feature in her other films, such as Lost In Translation and The Virgin Suicides. another sofia trademark, in my opinion, is the minimal script. eye contact replaces dialoque, and it actually works better. which is an advantage, considering the lead character is portrayed by kirsten dunst (haha!).

honestly, i don't know much about Marie Antoinette. before i watched this film, all i knew was that she was the extravagant queen of France who said, "Let them eat cake," and got beheaded. and what i liked about the movie is that these "facts" were not highlighted. for me it doesn't really matter whether this film is historically correct or not. what's important is you really get to see the other side of the story-- the story of a young girl plunged into Versaille.