Sofia Coppola's Love Letter to Marc Jacobs Debuts at Venice
The film offers an impressionistic look at Marc Jacobs' creative process and inspirations, capturing a single collection's development with insights from the designer and director.
- On September 2, 2025, Sofia Coppola premiered her A24 documentary `Marc by Sofia` at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, unveiled out of competition with a 1 hr 37 min runtime.
- Coppola accepted after reflecting on her 30-year friendship with Jacobs and producers R.J. Cutler and Jane Cha Cutler asked her to make a kaleidoscopic film, though she initially found the project intimidating.
- Coppola structures the film around Marc Jacobs preparing his Fall/Winter 2024 collection, using montage and extended clips as a moving mood board while highlighting his cinematic inspirations like The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and `Hey Big Spender`.
- At the Lido press conference, Coppola and Jacobs praised each other and Jacobs said he felt comfortable exposing personal material to Sofia.
- As a first documentary, Sofia Coppola's film offers a snapshot of Marc Jacobs's career from Perry Ellis to Louis Vuitton and his ongoing craft at age 62, though some critics found it lightweight.
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Sofia Coppola's love letter to Marc Jacobs debuts at Venice
The Venice Film Festival welcomed one of fashion's biggest names on Tuesday, Marc Jacobs, protagonist of a Sofia Coppola documentary that seeks to unveil the creative process of her designer friend.
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Two longtime friends will make for among Venice’s most-discussed red-carpet pairings. Sofia Coppola is the director of “Marc by Sofia,” a new A24 documentary premiering at Venice Sept. 2. Coppola was approached by producers R.J. Cutler and Jane Cha Cutler to make the film, which is a kaleidoscopic exploration of Jacobs, tracing both his production […]
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