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Marc Jacobs and Sofia Coppola met in the early 90<\/span>s, just before they both became household names. Of course they were already part of the cultural zeitgeist; Jacobs was a\u00a0recent Parsons graduate with buzz behind him and Coppola was an It Girl with plenty of cache. Their friendship has endured for over 30<\/span>\u00a0years; since then they\u2019ve become beloved figures in the pop culture sphere. Who better to make a\u00a0Marc Jacobs documentary than\u00a0Sofia?<\/p>\n While Coppola has occasionally dabbled in non-fiction-adjacent projects, Marc by Sofia<\/i> is her first non-fiction feature. Gone is the gauze, but the montages remain; the film centres on Marc as he preps to deliver his Fall\/\u200bWinter 2024<\/span> collection, but looks back across his career to explore his inspirations and greatest hits. Combining intimate behind-the-scenes footage with sit-down interviews and archive clips, it\u2019s a\u00a0cinematic scrapbook of sorts, pinning together clips of Bob Fosse and Elizabeth Taylor next to fabric swatches and button samples and mascara wands. For fans of Jacobs and Coppola it\u2019s charming and does give a\u00a0sense of their closeness, even if it\u2019s all quite surface-level. Jacobs and Coppola are private people and of course don\u2019t owe the viewers their intimate history, but it doesn\u2019t feel like Marc by Sofia <\/i>even offers a\u00a0great deal in the way of behind-the-scenes insight into Jacobs the Brand if not Jacobs the Man. For all the talk of how inspired by figures like Fosse, Taylor and Diana Ross he is, the clothes Jacob presents at the end of the film don\u2019t seem to reflect it, and there is a\u00a0disconnect between what we are being told and what we are being\u00a0shown.<\/p>\n Further frustrating is the film\u2019s quite narrow scope, with no consideration for how Jacobs has endured a\u00a0fickle industry for 30<\/span>\u00a0years, becoming one of the most successful ready-to-wear designers who dresses clients from all backgrounds through his various diffusion lines and perfume brand. It would also have been interesting to hear Jacobs\u2019 views on the fashion world more generally as a\u00a0bona fide insider; even in a\u00a0film about him, it feels like there\u2019s not an awful lot of Jacobs there, which is a\u00a0shame as in moments that appear genuinely unguarded he\u2019s smart and entertaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s a\u00a0charming enough documentary, but feel lightweight, begging the question if this is merely a\u00a0long advert for Marc Jacobs rather than a\u00a0piece of non-fiction cinema. By no means is it a\u00a0drag, but Marc by Sofia <\/i>is a\u00a0missed opportunity, revealing very little to the extent one thinks it might as well have been a\u00a0glossy coffee table photobook instead of a\u00a0film.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nGet more Little White\u00a0Lies<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n