Sofia Coppola and Generation X (So Far): Anxious and Effervescent [Hardback]

While the work of Sofia Coppola is sometimes dismissed as being stereotypically feminine and placing more focus on spectacle over substance, Sofia Coppola and Generation X (So Far): Anxious and Effervescent draws attention to common characteristics present in Coppola’s films to present an authorial signature and aesthetic that are both familiar yet evocative of Generation X’s perception in the public consciousness. In analyzing Coppola’s films from The Virgin Suicides (1999) to Priscilla (2023), this book argues that her filmography acts as a reflection of her generation’s evolving mindset and self-image from its initial rise to prominence during the late 1980s to its current sentiment of discomfort with its fading influence.

Analyzing Sofia Coppola's films from The Virgin Suicides (1999) to Priscilla (2023), Sofia Coppola and Generation X (So Far) employs her filmography as a reflection of the evolution of Generation X's self-image, arguing that Coppola’s work provides an American archetype of the actions and attitudes that have defined her generation to date.