Lick the Star
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| Directed by | Sofia Coppola |
| Produced by | Sofia Coppola Andrew Durham Caroline Kaplan Christopher Neil |
| Written by | Sofia Coppola, Stephanie Hayman |
| Starring | Bob Balaban, Robert Schwartzman, Christina Turley Audrey Heaven |
| Distributed by | Film Movement |
| Release date(s) | October, 1998 |
| Running time | 14 min. |
| Language | English |
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Lick the Star is a black and white American short film. It was the directorial debut of Sofia Coppola.
The plot concerns a clique of school girls who devise a secret plan that they codename "Lick the Star". Its themes include teenage alienation, the fickle attitudes of high school girls, and boredom caused by affluence.
The young actresses in Coppola's film have no other screen credits to their names. Peter Bogdanovich appears in a cameo as the Principal. The director of photography was Lance Acord, and the soundtrack features The Amps, Kim Gordon and the Go-Gos. 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 (like her characters feel in "The Virgin Suicides" and "Lost In Translation"); in addition, the film begins with a car journey, just like her later films The Virgin Suicides and Lost In Translation.
The film is included as a bonus feature on the DVD for the movie HOP, from the filmmovement collection
Lick the Star (1998, short) • The Virgin Suicides (1999) • Lost in Translation (2003) • Marie Antoinette (2006) •
