![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For me, and I’m certain many others of similar age, its impact was made during the throes of adolescence when the VHS was added to my friendship group’s entertainment rotation. Its cult status, as Coppola has mused, was achieved post-theatrically as the Internet gave it a “second life”. The Virgin Suicides was released in the US the following year, but disappeared from cinemas as quickly as the Lisbon sisters from their neighbourhood’s vantage. She needn’t have been nervous - the director’s debut was warmly received and gained support of critics, but of course, our humility as a sex is instinctive. Lauren Pinnington looks back on the insidious chain reaction that comes from neglected affection.ĭespite encouragement from her father, the formidable Francis Ford Coppola, and the cast of The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola still felt “really scared” when her first film screened at Cannes in May 1999. While the cult status of Sofia Coppola’s first feature only grew after its release, a key scene between one of the Lisbon sisters and a prom date reveals a crucial turning point for one teen girl’s story. ![]()
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