I would imagine that releasing a “debut feature” is a nerve-wracking experience for a director, but when your name is Gia Coppola it has to have some added layers of serious anxiety. Granddaughter of New Hollywood icon Francis Ford Coppola (
The Godfather, Apocalypse Now
, Gia follows in the footsteps of her aunt Sofia (
Lost in Translation, Bling Ring
) and uncle Roman (the ill-fated
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
) and into the director’s chair for her debut
Palo Alto
, based on a 2010 collection of short stories by actor James Franco, and she luckily falls into the same cool and sophisticated camp as her stylish aunt. While it’s easy to dismiss an emerging Coppola as riding on the fame and piggybank of his/her legendary family tree, as many did to Sofia in her early days, Gia displays a unique, accomplished vision…
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