Original title: ‘Marc by Sofia’ Review: Sofia Coppola’s Marc Jacobs Doc Offers a Colorful but Unrevealing Insider’s Take
Sofia Coppola and Marc Jacobs have been great friends and occasional collaborators since the 1990s. Fashion writers regularly call her his muse. Among other connections, she appeared in an ad campaign for one of his fragrances in 2002 and directed commercials for his Daisy line of fragrances in 2014. No one would expect Marc by Sofia, Coppola’s first documentary, to be anything but an admiring, affectionate look at a close friend’s career. But Coppola’s films are always full of fashion and style — most conspicuously in the candy-colored Marie Antoinette, but all the others as well. And Jacobs has been a major designer for decades, with a career worth exploring, so there is a lot to enjoy in this kinetic, colorful, although extremely limited film. Marc by Sofia The Bottom Line Super-stylish and lighter than air. Venue: Venice Film Festival (Out of Competition) Director: Sofia Coppola 1 hour 37 minutes The slim narrative trajectory has Coppola following Jacobs in the 12 weeks leading up