1.12 Author Interview with Suzanne Ferriss

Send us Fan MailIn this author interview, I speak with Suzanne Ferriss whose first book about Sofia Coppola The Cinema of Sofia Coppola: Fashion, Culture, Celebrity was published in February 2021 and she edited The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sofia Coppola, which was published in early 2023. She joins me today to talk about her latest book, Lost in Translation from BFI Film Classics about Coppola’s film that celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Listen to hear about Suzanne’s approach to writing about Coppola’s work, the wealth of films she recommends, and thoughts on who might be a good fit to cast in Lost in Translation if it were made today.  Books mentioned in this episode include:The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Bloomsbury Handbook to Sofia Coppola edited by Suzanne FerrissSofia Coppola: The Politics of Visual Pleasure by Anna Backman RogersSofia Coppola: A Cinema of Girlhood by Fiona HandysideThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Overstory by Richard PowersInterior Chinatown by Charles YuThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenGood for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World by Lauren FleshmanFilms mentioned in this episode include:Virgin Suicides directed by Sofia CoppolaAn Affair to Remember directed by Leo McCareyManny & Lo directed by Lisa KruegerGirl with a Pearl Earring directed by Peter WebberAsteroid City directed by Wes AndersonGroundhog Day directed by Harold RamisRushmore directed by Wes AndersonOn the Rocks directed by Sofia CoppolaPast Lives directed by Celine SongRear Window directed by Alfred HitchcockParasite directed by Bong Joon-hoSomewhere directed by Sofia CoppolaThe Thin Man directed by W. S. Van DykeParty Girl directed by Daisy von Scherler MayerSilver Linings Playbook directed by David O. RussellPsycho directed by Alfred HitchcockGrand Budapest Hotel directed by Wes AndersonThe Shining directed by Stanley KubrickJohn Kacere on Wikipedia, inspiration for the opening shot of Lost in Translation.Video for Shawn Mendes's sons "Lost in Japan", inspired by Lost in Translation.Support the show