Posted AT 12:07 AM EST on 18/10/06
Courting public opinion
LOS ANGELES — The pop psych take on Sofia Coppola's
Marie Antoinette is simple enough.
It goes like this: Contemporary Italian-American princess relates to Austrian-French queen of more than two centuries ago, then makes a movie that is as much about herself as it is one of history's favourite whipping girls.
But Coppola isn't going for that.
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