'The Virgin Suicides' Roundtable: Sofia Coppola, Kirsten Dunst, & More | Entertainment Weekly

[@lily-ic7tg]

the girl who plays Therese looks exactly the same as she did in the movie (and to be honest so does everyone else !!)

[@thethirdlife8695]

Sofia as well

[@zoedoran164]

Cecilia looks exactly the same too

[@Evy7071]

Yes, you're right. Such a beauty!

[@kerosene5229]

They look old 😢

[@oddmad8613]

So crazy she isn't an actress!

[@keyye4392]

I gasped.. they reunited.. how did i not see this until a month later. One of my favourite movies of all time.

[@BluePrada]

“I gasped” 🙄

[@BillVincent]

This film really haunts me. First off, I am a big fan of this film - but more than that, it hit home in a way that still makes me very, very sad. A girl who lived across the street from us was living in the "Lisbon world" of super-strict Christian parents who were really old enough to be her grandparents (she was adopted). She was two years older than me, and our families went to the same church, so her parents would let her come visit us when she wasn't perpetually grounded for whatever petty stupid little reason. Her parents actually burned her records too - that exact scene playing out for real, even the part where they got smoked out by the stench. That happened just before her first suicide attempt. Her need to rebel and their need to control eventually landed her in trouble with the law and stints in mental facilities. She attempted suicide a couple of times. She did finally escape their grip at 18, but the damage was done. She was never able to get past all of it, really. She died in her 30's from addiction complications. But the film's depiction of that time period was exactly the time I was becoming a teen with my friend, and so much of the Lisbon parents reminded me of her parents - it was too spot-on, too real. I can't help but think of my friend and what she went through. I can't watch this film without crying for my friend, and I can't not watch this film either. The saddest part tho, to me, is that this type of religious repression is still going on, and the damage it does to the kids is impossible to measure. When parents try too hard to control every single aspect of a teen's life, eventually the teen will run away or commit suicide. They really are left with no options if they want to have any freedom at all. And even after failing as parents, they can't accept that it was their crazy idea of discipline that caused it. Anyway... thank you Sofia, thank you cast, and thanks to the original book for a story that rings so close to my youth.

[@killboggins]

Why do parents destroy their children?

[@BillVincent]

@@killboggins Religion.

[@killboggins]

@@BillVincent no. Non religious households fuck up their kids. Trust me.

[@aheroinheroin]

@@killboggins bs

[@Gab-xn3qp]

@@killboggins control i feel like my mom always did from a place of love and worry but was a very dehumanizing experience filled with gaslighting and manipulation i felt really connected to these characters in that way

[@Evy7071]

A.J. Cook, aka Mary...timeless beauty. She's perfect.

[@acdragonrider]

I wish they showed her off more because she was wow. Not that Lux wasn’t though. She was also a favorite of mine

[@feralfraulein]

She stole the show

[@leahheapp]

A.J. Is a very underrated treasure🙏

[@maxxwick246]

AJ is most definitely better in the looks department than K.D.😂

[@cassie9414]

Oddly enough this movie saved my life as a depressed 13 year old. Seeing how people losing their life to suicide affected a lot more people in the film than just the family was a huge lesson for me

[@Turnpost2552]

The adults at the end sorta trivailized and mocked the womens suicide. All they saw was just spoiled priveledge kids so they didnt garner that much sympathy.

[@danaelona4081]

Saw this movie when i was so young (too young) and it definitely helped me see that there were other people who knew of stories like this. Strict christian families and their suppression of their childrens emotions as well as their own. Its insane nd this movie conveys the implications of such lifestyles perfectly

[@dagothkid6372]

Josh is still so handsome.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

I miss him in films.

[@phnigra111]

@@elizabethmcleod246 incidentally, I like him in one of his lamest movies.. ‘August’. Everyone hates that movie but for me it’s definitely a guilty pleasure!

[@elizabethmcleod246]

@@phnigra111 Enjoy. Each to their own. 👍🏻

[@MariaGarcia-yy1ji]

when aj started to talk about her cast mate i immediately knew it was matthew gray gubler

[@roisinbnc]

yes!!! same i was like "I swear if she says matthew gray gub-, and yep it's him omg" :))))

[@cotevallejos7230]

Me too!! 🤣

[@CourtneyReese8911]

This movie really shook me as a child. Definitely memorable. Plus, the movie trailer introduced me to Fatboy Slim, so, that didn't hurt either.

[@irmaviry]

Me too. It Shook Me So Much. And fell in love with the soundtrack.

[@zuyuchen1277]

@@irmaviry I knew Air by this movie. The soundtrack was such a tag of the movie.

[@Trancer006]

What soundtrack was from Fatboy Slim? I just watched the film.

[@CourtneyReese8911]

@@Trancer006 It wasn't the soundtrack. The trailer played Fatboy's Right Here, Right Now.

[@GregThomas_official_yt_channel]

What about AIR though ?

[@bridgetd6805]

I was obsessed with this movie as a kid. I had it on repeat. And I had a major crush on Trip, of course. In grade 10 I wrote "you're a stone fox" on a post-it and put it on my crush's locker. Haha

[@kj3735]

I love that!

[@maxmorgan3370]

I had a big crush on Mary as a child, and what just almost felt like an obsession with this movie as a whole, like I was taking part in the mysteries of what was going on. To this day this movie and book hold a special place in my heart

[@baddiereal7461]

Same i watched this movie when i was 15 and in sophmore year i'm 16 now lmaooo

[@kat.5927]

The scene at the beginning where Kirsten Dunst is eating a popsicle and then the neighborhood is filmed while Playground love by Air plays... It still haunts me to this day but in a good way. I just want to be there and walk those streets to that song playing. That would be the definition of peace to me.

[@sketchentbk8624]

me too. with the subtle ambient noises and the amber light. the atmosphere was perfect in this film

[@costcofreezers]

i understand u

[@alterbria]

I love this movie, how beautifully sad, dark and ethereal it is. The book is a bit darker even, but definitely a must. For the last 20 years, I read and watch this movie at least once a year ever since and I still find mhself enamored by the characters and crying everytime ❤

[@irmaviry]

I'm glad this movie is treasured.

[@triciacameron5703]

AJ Cook is a so beautiful inside and out. Even though she cut the JJ hair, her face is perfection.

[@knives8618]

13:20 wow this is so true, I think this is why I find the film to be so real and true because of the cast. Nowadays it's hard to watch a movie or show with "teenagers" because theyre not teenagers and it's always annoying and unrelatable even if they try to make it relatable, it just feels odd watching it. It doesn't feel natural or real at all and with this film, I felt alive and real. It made me feel like I was in highschool again.

[@theunseen3]

watch euphoria

[@knives8618]

Clarke Alexandra the cast are young adults, it is relatable and stays true to its issues young teens suffer from but imo doesn’t make me feel the way I feel with this movie. Euphoria is dope though

[@theunseen3]

Hirayma Vizcarra yeah this movie is a gem all of its own!

[@kabr0njames23]

The music by AIR is another good element of this movie. Thanks JB & Nicolas.

[@analauragedda8787]

They are all so adorable talking on this. But I must do praise AJ’s cuteness. It’s so adorable, I just can’t even... 🥺🙈😍💙

[@haa.0556]

So true they’re all adorable

[@analauragedda8787]

AJ is just so sweet, soft, gorgeous, beautiful and perfect. Too much to my heart to take. 🙈

[@debrapolicelli1539]

I was a teenager in the 70’s and you nailed it Sophia! Love this film and its haunting mood. ❤

[@ninamc6116]

One of my favorite movies ever. Pretty much perfect. Sofia Coppola did an amazing job for her first directing job. It is a work of art.

[@karinacastro2958]

The only movie I have ever watched which actually turned to be more interesting than the book. Impressive how their careers have developed. Particularly Josh Hartnett has become such a versatile actor... I wish everyone could see beyond his looks... He's highly talented and, judging by his acting role choices throughout these years, I would say he really knows what the purpose of a good movie should be: not to make millions, but to tell a unique story...

[@Jessa-yk7se]

And movie kzbin.info/www/bejne/enWlYnWtZ9iNrLc

[@dbongoloid9541]

Umm, did you even read the book? They only focused on lux/kirsten dunst, this was a push for her career, in the book they focus on all of the girls in greater detail.

[@UIAL570]

@@dbongoloid9541 Absolutely agree so glad that you said it. The movie wouldn’t exist without the book. It’s prose, style and aesthetic were from the book itself. Eugenides goes so in depth with everything, and Sofia did such an amazing job of perfecting the intimate, tiny, details other directors just wouldn’t care about but book fans are enamored with and admire. Because the details made the novel. And while I think Dunst is a great actress, it was focused a lot on her when as you said, the novel gives every Lisbon sister her moment in the sun. They are all given their own storylines, personality and lives. It was a bit of an injustice to cut them out. But in fairness, it’s a film, they don’t have the time a book does to give us all the information we need.

[@unlivedlife]

Virgin Suicides is my all-time favorite book and this was one of my favorites movies. It really honored the book and captured it beautifully. I find it strangely relaxing and it's something that can always calm me.

[@DaveLL500]

As a Canadian of a certain age, what resonated most with me was the soundtrack of Virgin Suicides. Sloan and Heart are both Canadian bands and prominent in the movie. My favorite part of the film is when the boys and the sisters communicate back and forth with Hello It's Me, Alone Again Naturally, Run To Me and poignantly ends with So Far Away. Those were the songs on my turntable as a teenager in the early 70's and wistful memories of my salad days wash over me when I watch that scene.

[@greyLeicester]

Ryan Philippe and Josh Harnnett were my teenage crush growing up in the late 90s early 00s 💕

[@ivannichols715]

Leslie Amon looks exactly the same. She was my favorite. The way she was with Cecelia in the movie was so tender and motherly. It reminded me of when my older sister would do my hair and make up when I was little. I am one out of five girls and this movie hit close to home in so many ways. My sisters and I all looked very similar growing up and we were constantly being told that our family had the most beautiful girls. Our moms boss onced remarked (in front of his own two daughters) that there were more pretty girls in our family than any he'd ever seen. Somehow my sisters and I watch The Virgin Suicides the same weekend of my Dad's funeral. The movie stayed with me my entire life because of it. There was something so profound about it since I watched it while grieving. To this day my sisters are texting me and vice versa at any given time bc we stayed incredibly close despite growing up and starting our own families. I wouldn't trade them, or my mom for that matter, for anything.

[@legrandmustache456]

I cannot believe its been 20 years!!! It feels like it wasn't so long ago i saw these film!

[@UIAL570]

The whole film is an aesthetic.

[@phoenixmode6909]

This movie has the greatest soundtrack....I imagine that, when any of the cast or crew hears any of those songs, it probably evokes some sort of feeling..... I know for me, many of those songs do that to this day. And I'm 60 now. ✌🏻😎❤️🌻

[@pebs65]

The music in this movie was absolute perfection.

[@lucasribeiro3855]

They all still SO beautiful❤️

[@Doge-e4f]

Leslie Hayman, who plays Therese, looks EXACTLY the same. 😮

[@zaurekassenova204]

I absolutely love this film.I think I watched it 20 times, and I was really amazed by all these girls, cast in general.Great Sofia, great cast-everything is so ideal in this film-girls, boys, music, Kirsten and Josh.

[@luisbriz9245]

Still my favourite movie, Kirsten my favourite actress and Sofia my favourite director. I really appreciate this 💕💚

[@hume2886]

this is my fave movie of all time, the soundtrack of this movie is amazing!

[@alideasy4147]

omg I'm 44 and Fan. My favorite sister next to Lux (of Course) was Mary! Freaking out right now and realized after watching this that she played Jennifer in CC minds! Cool COOL!

[@ms.sondra]

On how old that I'm going to sound, I still remember to this day that when Sophia won for new upcoming director at the MTV movie awards for the virgin suicide.

[@AvecPoesie]

I remember that moment too!

[@DCJerseygrl]

GREAT cast, Director, Story, Film.....just perfect 💓

[@phoenixmode6909]

"We had fun!" And that, my friends, is what makes a good film. And a good life. ✌🏻❤️✨🌻

[@petuniashadowgirl8305]

Everything about this movie......perfect cast, perfect music......timeless and amazing.

[@beeztrapp1612]

My other brother, Anthony, is in so many of these clips. It's crazy how life works. I read this book in 2 days during high school and then saw the movie opening weekend. When I moved to California in 2001, happenstance lead me to become a member of his family. It's a small world after all.

[@DJ2130]

They had none of the guys that played the boys from the neighborhood. Their characters were just important to the story because it was narrated by them and their memory of the Lisbon Sisters.

[@Turnpost2552]

Yeah that is a maaaajjjor oversight

[@rosepetalsoupx3959]

JOSH! My goodness he looks amazing!

[@Shannon_Moore]

1 of my fave movies as a teen ..I need to watch it again as an adult..everyone looks the same ..cannot believe time flew by so fast..dang..really bringing the nostalgia guys, thank u❤

[@josealbertofreitas4862]

This is one of my favourite movies! I love Sofia and Kirsten. Glad to watch Sofia and the cast talking about this great movie.

[@Nolanoyayo]

I had the biggest crush on Josh hartnet growing up. He still looks good

[@katevergreen4773]

Nothing ever haunted me more like this book and this movie. I had my bag of memories, some silly things that are gold to me. My first love was similar to Lisbon girls. And there is something supernatural in vibe of this movie, it's just cuts your heart. I feel pain even when Air song plays. Eyes of Lux is deeper than the ocean...

[@balletxcaroline]

The actress who played Bonnie looks pretty shy, she didn't talk a lot but she sure seems to be a nice and friendly person :) Actually they all look pretty friendly!

[@ianrobinson4200]

This was a year ago? How the hell didn't I know about this until now? Incredible how much stuff gets hidden away on the internet

[@AvecPoesie]

I am wondering this as well!

[@nilah.h]

The age old question for this film and book is why did trip leave lux at the field? Some people may have figured it out but not me and I’m dying to know

[@tminus21]

same

[@TheMoonunit96]

I think it was representative of his desire for the chase. He could have any girl in the world, yet he wanted Lux because she was unattainable. It's quite similar to how the neighbourhood boys all viewed the girls, mysterious and elusive. Yet once he 'had' her, he didn't want her anymore.

[@Lightner445555555555]

@@TheMoonunit96 I sure hope that never happens to me.

[@jellybeenn121]

In the book Lux starts crying in the middle of sex so Trip becomes so annoyed with her he just leaves her

[@PrettyLittleLiar4]

@@jellybeenn121 oh gosh that’s so cruel

[@jackaustin5423]

Incredible! Such a pleasure hearing them talking about it, and heartwarming to see it fills as much of a place in their hearts and lives as it does ours. Love all of them :)))

[@Helga7850]

Josh still looks in his 20s

[@skinnylolly]

I 'm surprised they didn't mention Kathleen Turner, I thought she was amazing in it.

[@VanessaClarkMusic]

They look amazing

[@xtina.campbell1234]

my favorite movie, the cast did amazing, i could watch this film over and over again.

[@Bejestravoe]

This was my absolute favorite movie as a teenager. Much more than the story but the cinematography, acting and soundtrack is just so perrfect

[@jrodfilms]

There is just something about this movie that I love.

[@wendybutler1681]

One of my 3 fave movies is Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dunst.

[@bobvogel2412]

A. J. Cook. Two words: simply stunning. 'Nuf said. Y'all see for yourself.

[@65g4]

Its an incredibly powerful and hypnotic film

[@j0seant]

This movie has a very magical atmosphere, the music, the photography, is not valued enough..

[@phoenixmode6909]

And what AJ said about filming the basement scene.....I got the same vibe from the movie scene that I get when the girls are relating their experiences and feelings even now as adults.....it's as if they are all transported back in time to that feeling, that experience, and they come through in this round table as if they've been transported back to that age again. It's so lovely see! I totally understand it. 😊❤

[@laurenwojo]

I love this movie. It’s was so different and unlike anything I had ever seen, it felt so REAL.

[@finnthefrogo9092]

sofia's first film yet its literally my fav movie AAA

[@noamclaren5928]

I saw this movie when I was 14 years in 2002 it marked me.is a masterpiece for all time .

[@drummond5429]

I love the movie, the cast, the soundtrack!

[@mina_ophelia.Moonbeam]

my fav movie of all the time, and still is!!! I've always watching it almost once a month! It's my time to relax, watching this sad ,wonderful story, so nostalgic, lovely and cruel at the same time. Young and mature. fully of contradiction typical of teenage, and played nso well by the actors and over all the directors. The screenplay, the colors of the film, dress, everything it's perfect! It has , such an hippie vibe in certain parts. I love the attentions for the reproduction of the 70's era. I love that period,I'm too young, and I could only have my mom pic when she was a young girl in that period, and reminds me of certain things of the movie. overall, I talked too much, but I'm so happy to find this video, and I wanna tanks Sofia, for making this wonderful unforgettable and unique movie. Marie Antoinette is the other one that I love. thanks again Sofia, you're amazing.

[@theplourde]

That last scene of Josh and Timothy Dalton in “Penny Dreadful” gets me every time.

[@mgariepy42]

The last scene with Ethan and Vanessa! Omg, tears streaming down my face! That is still my favorite series of all time! Everybody in it was terrific.

[@familyjewelz4113]

Hands down one of my favorite movies and book. This was also the first dvd I bought. This movie also introduced me to the band Air:)

[@olimunleashed6916]

AJ Cook looks amazing 😍 she hasn't aged a bit

[@isobellabrown7248]

this movie haunts me everyday, i mean i love this movie its just something something about how they filmed it, and kind of understanding what Cecilia went threw it's just weird but yah it just haunts me

[@IvanoForgione]

... how has this video only 38k views??! This movie is sooo important to me, you are all wonderful people 😭

[@HectorMartinez-vc3lb]

One of the greatest movies I have ever watched!

[@marin5431]

They look almost the same! I love this movie 😊

[@vincentgibson3049]

Kirsten looks amazing still such natural beauty!

[@Laurenteamec]

This is so nice to hear from them all, I now want to re read the book and re watch the film.

[@mrswhite365]

this is so fun...I love this movie...Josh Hartnett is the cutest. All the girls look the same as they did in the movie...I love this!

[@Maureanna]

This movie brought me back in time to ( my era) when I was a teenager .j Harnett magic man scene was my favorite. Lux n trip in crazy kissing scene was 2.i think Sophia n actors did a great job.watched first time with my daughters .we loved it

[@PrettyLittleLiar4]

Those are my two favorite scenes as well!

[@phoenixmode6909]

I know I've been fangirling over this flick, talking too much, but I want to add this: I love that AJ mentioned Matthew Gray Gubler, and his fangirling attitude about the film. I have been a fan of his for a long time, and he has much the same ability to embrace a character, make it his own, and make it believable-- which is why I love his work-- and this is the same for all of these actors involved in the film, including James Woods, Kathleen Turner, and the others in the cast. That is why I feel this is an all-star cast-- flying under the radar, so to speak-- because they all embrace their craft in much the same way. They take the character they play and make it immensely believable and real, and human. That, my friends, is what the best actors do. And there are a lot of them in the history of filmmaking. It isn't so much the storyline of the novel (and we all know we prejudge a movie after reading the novel, lol) ....it's more what the cast do to bring it to life. THAT is what makes a good film. (Side note-- for myself, this is why I e always loved James Stewart movies, and Cary Grant flicks, and a whole host of others in cinematic history-- they make me believe. Really, that's what it is all about, in the end. ❤️😊🎬🎥

[@nadiasuarez7658]

One of my favorite films

[@tylerdurden1642]

Just saw it and i really liked it! Great atmosphere and perfect cast

[@kaydenevideo]

This was great. Loved this film and absolutely adored this book back in the day. I still have the book. I still love the film

[@holdencaulfieldwings7686]

Mary is a such powerful character in the book, when i read it i only can see A.J. Cook in my mind

[@hippyelise1]

Such a beautiful movie..love the book too...great acting.

[@Robert-cy3qx]

everybody here is such a beautiful soul!! I love you

[@numerikproductions]

I remember where with who, our reaction to it, VHS with who is still my great friend, this film was amazing!! I feel like I need to watch it again now.

[@phoenixmode6909]

I think Sophia achieved what she was aiming for in this film.....I hope she will be involved with her craft for many years to come, she is a brilliant director and creative mind.

[@dianaasanchez]

I'm beyond in love with this movie!!!

[@yearofthedragonjane]

The fact that this was Sofia's first film just floors me

[@lisamixx]

Classic!!!!! ❤ I remember that film as a kid..

[@V50Wed]

hope there will be a 'spider-man' roundtable, love kirsten

[@BJ64Th3M0v13f4n]

Oh yeah I hope so. I’m still waiting for an IWTV reunion since last year was the 25th anniversary.

[@ns2110theonly]

Omg how have I not seen this. I’m in heaven. I wish they do a lost in translation.

[@balletxcaroline]

I love this video

[@Jacks_here]

Thank you!

[@phoenixmode6909]

I wonder if Ashton Kutcher developed his character of Michael Kelso ("That 70s Show") somewhat from the character of Tripp? Some of the mannerisms, and the look, but added his own spin with Kelso's oblivious, somewhat nerdy, trying-too-hard cool dude personality..... Anyway, I've always loved Josh's acting and roles, not diminishing your creativity sir!

[@notbutta]

Josh and Kirsten would have been so good married together. Their offscreen chemistry is super cute. Crazy how their lives went their own paths.

[@lambsandswans]

Fav movie, the casting ❤

[@shojic4894]

Now I have to stream this film again..been a while since I saw it 😁

[@partypeopleupinhere]

Thank you for this ♥

[@gorgo6569]

Forever rockstars. The nostalgic euphoria I get from this ❤️

[@denisefreitas6727]

I love this movie, it's the one of my favorite of all time! The directing, the acting, the cinematography, the soundtrack are great. Love Sofia and Kirsten Dunst but all the cast is fantastic!💖🎬

[@65g4]

Loved this film just rewatched it last night

[@enx2526]

This is wonderful. Thanks!