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Jan 2018
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Sofia Coppola on the film that launched ...

The Guardian
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Our new culture podcast, The Start, brings major artists to the mic to reveal how they began their careers. In this first episode, Sofia Coppola talks about the fear and the thrill of directing her debut film, The Virgin Suicides 
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