This came out in 2000 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Sofia Coppola’s first film as an actress was her widely panned role in her father’s 1990 movie The Godfather 3. Now, her debut as a director is a tragic tale of five suicidal sisters in the ’70s. So naturally, she enlisted conemporary French dance-pop duo Air to do the soundtrack.
Actually, it’s not as ill-conceived as it seems. Air’s trademark sound — a cross between ethereal, downbeat electronica and throbbing, disco-based electo — paints a decent portrait of the decadent decade. And let’s face it, their work has always had a cinematic quality. Here, they take it wide screen, fleshing out their sound with glam-rock drum flourishes, lazy Pink Floyd acid rock and even sinister, oscillating synth-prog that could have come straight from a Goblin soundtrack to a Dario Argento splatterfest. If she directs as well as she picks musical collaborators, Coppola is likely to be more acclaimed behind the camera than she was in front of it.
