Lick the Star

Lick the Star is a 14-minute-long black and white 16mm short film, and the first film written and directed by Sofia Coppola.[1] [2]

Lick the Star
Directed bySofia Coppola
Produced by
Written by
Starring
CinematographyLance Acord
Edited byEric Zumbrunnen
Distributed byFilm Movement
Release date
  • October 1998 (1998-10)
Running time
14 min.
LanguageEnglish

The film is included as a bonus feature on the DVD for the film HOP from Film Movement. It was also included as a bonus feature on the 2018 Criterion Collection release of The Virgin Suicides.[3]

Plot

The plot revolves around a clique of four girls who devise a plan to weaken the boys at their school with arsenic. The plan is to slowly poison the boys through their lunches, inspired by the "queen bee" Chloe's obsession with the novel Flowers in the Attic. As the plan progresses the history class discusses slavery. Chloe makes a chance remark, about realizing that her friendship with Nadine, who is black, would not have been possible as she would have been a slave. A case of broken telephone creates a gossip ring that leads to Chloe's eventual downfall.

Peter Bogdanovich appears in a cameo as the Principal. The director of photography was Lance Acord. Coppola's own eye appears in one dream-like shot.

The film's themes also appear in Coppola's later work, such as the feelings of isolation; in addition, the film begins with a car journey, just like her later films The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, and Somewhere.

Soundtrack
  1. "Tipp City" – The Amps
  2. "Top 40" – Free Kitten
  3. "Bouwerie Boy" – Free Kitten
  4. "This Town" – The Go-Go's
  5. "Eat Cake" – Free Kitten
  6. "Heidi Cakes" – Land of the Loops

References
  1. "Lick the Star". The New York Times.
  2. Jagernauth, Kevin (December 10, 2012). "Watch: Sofia Coppola's 1998 Short Film 'Lick The Star'". Indiewire. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  3. "Criterion Collection: The Virgin Suicides".
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