Sofia Coppola’s documentary looks at her good friend Marc Jacobs, his influences and the process of putting together a collection
Neither Sofia Coppola nor Marc Jacobs was convinced a documentary was a good idea. Jacobs was not sure he wanted to be the subject of one and Coppola was not sure she wanted the pressure of being the person behind the camera. This was her friend of more than 30 years, after all. What if the film was no good?
Yet the idea – which they credit to producers RJ Cutler and Jane Cha Cutler – started to take hold. Coppola has always been interested in fashion and the creative process. Jacobs knew that if anyone could make him feel less self-conscious, it would be her. So they decided to jump into the unknown. At least it would be together.
“There was no off-limits,” Jacobs said in a recent interview with him and Coppola. “It was just like come as you are and you get what you get and that’s the way it’s going to be.”
Marc by Sofia, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this month, is an evocative and very Coppola collage of Jacobs’ influences, his biography and his team at work putting together a ready-to-wear collection.
