The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides • 1h 36m
Directed by Sofia Coppola • 1999 • United States
Starring Kirsten Dunst, Kathleen Turner, James Woods
With this debut feature, Sofia Coppola announced her singular vision, exploring the aesthetics of femininity while illuminating the interior lives of young women. An adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’s popular first novel, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES conjures the ineffable melancholy of teenage longing and ennui in its story of the suicides of the five Lisbon sisters, stifled by the rules of their overprotective religious parents—as told through the collective memory of a group of men who were boys at the time and still yearn to understand what happened. Evoking its 1970s suburban setting through ethereal cinematography by Ed Lachman and an atmospheric score by Air, the film secured a place for its director in the landscape of American independent cinema and has become a coming-of-age touchstone.
Up Next in The Virgin Suicides
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Revisiting THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
The following program featuring director Sofia Coppola, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, and cinematographer Ed Lachman was produced in 2018.
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Jeffrey Eugenides on THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
“The Virgin Suicides” was Jeffrey Eugenides’s debut novel, and Sofia Coppola adapted it to the screen for her debut feature film. In the following interview, produced in 2018, Eugenides talks about his inspiration for the book, being on set during the film’s production, and what Coppola brought t...
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Making of THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
While Sofia Coppola directed her first feature, her mother, the artist and filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, was there to document the experience. Presented here, that making-of video features interviews with both Sofia and Eleanor; actors Kirsten Dunst, Scott Glenn, Josh Hartnett, Kathleen Turner, and ...
