Sofia Coppola didn’t want her Doc Marc Jacobs “to be about me”

The intimate portrait of the fashion designer of Sofia Coppola and her former friend Marc Jacobs premieres on Tuesday in Venice, and the couple is nothing more than full of compliments to each other.

Coppola and Jacobs were present at the press conference for Marc de Sofia In the Lido, presenting questions about the press movie.

“When they asked me to make a movie about Marc, I thought: ‘No, I can’t do that. It’s too much pressure,” Coppola admitted. “[It] It would have to be good, because he is my friend and I love him. And then I kept thinking about, oh, it would be very fun to look through all the files … We have been friends for 30 years, and [it would be fun] To visit his incredible work body with which I grew up. ”

The process reminded him of working in films with his 20 -year -old brother, he added. “Only my brother and I, a camera and a sound person, was made in the spirit of the road [I] He started and wanted this homemade personal appearance. “

Jacobs, who met Coppola in the early 90s, agreed: “It was very easy to say that Sofia. I feel very comfortable … I was excited by Sofia’s attitude and approach to a documentary that was not conventional. It was much more organic and natural.”

Coppola, known for his work in the Oscar winner Lost in translation (2003), Marie Antoinette (2006), and more recently, Priscilla (2023), admitted that it was an adjustment to make a film about such a close friend in an improvisation style.

“I wanted you to feel staff, but it was a balance because I didn’t want it to be about me,” he explained. “I wanted to have an idea of ​​our friendship and that a friend did it, through my point of view … and I wanted to make sure that the audience felt included, that they were brought and never felt that it was so. [an] joke that were not part. ”

Jacobs was asked about his openness when addressing difficult subjects such as drugs, plastic surgery and leaving New York. “It’s true, I have chosen to be very honest and open about things that other people feel shame,” he said. “It simply benefits me not to feel shame, and the only way to do it is to be frank, open and honest. I knew that this was not going to be an interview by Barbara Walters.” He laughed: “Where I was going to be caught and drowning in some detail or some controversy or something.

Does Coppola believe that his resonance with a younger audience is linked to his passion for the fashion industry? “It’s good to listen … It’s something I love and is inspiring and exciting for me. I have always loved fashion.” She continued: “[And] I have teenage daughters now … “

The famous filmmaker added that although it does not plan to make more documentaries, she was surprised at the “fun” and “stimulating” of experience.

Venice Film 2025 Festival is executed on August 27 to September. 6.