Pedro Almodóvar and Sofia Coppola on Bitter Christmas, Making Marie Antoinette, and Their Artistic Processes
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This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 64th New York Film Festival between Bitter Christmas director Pedro Almodóvar and Making Marie Antoinette producer & editor Sofia Coppola, moderated by NYFF Talks programmer Madeline Whittle. Bitter Christmas is currently playing at Film at Lincoln Center. Get tickets at filmlinc.org/christmas Two films in the NYFF64 lineup examine the process of artistic creation up close, if from different vantage points. With Main Slate selection Bitter Christmas, his 24th feature film, Pedro Almodóvar reflects on the methods and relationships that have underpinned his filmography with ruthless candor and sparkling humor; the metacinematic movie involves two nested stories, each featuring a filmmaker who mines personal lives for art to dazzling and prickly ends. Meanwhile, Spotlight selection Making Marie Antoinette, shot by Eleanor Coppola and finished after her death by her daughter, Sofia Coppola, looks back at the making of the 2006 film that cemented the latter’s status as a bona fide auteur. In the following conversation, Almodóvar and Coppola—both singular creators who have successfully elevated style to the level of substance—explore their kindred thematic preoccupations around gender, memory, intimate relationships, and the slippery interplay of fact and fiction. This conversation was sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter. The 64th New York Film Festival is presented in partnership with Rolex.
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