The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 10 - 'Marie Antoinette’

The Big Picture

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today, they discuss Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette,’ one of the greatest blank checks this century, starring Kirsten Dunst. They explain why this was the official Sofia Coppola selection for the list, especially over ‘Lost in Translation’; highlight the specific decision to not include Antoinette’s infamous beheading; and discuss why this is a quintessential Kirsten Dunst performance. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Producer: Jack Sanders Unlock an extra $250 at linkedin.com/thebigpicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sean Fennacy.
0:11.6	And this is 25 for 25, a big picture special conversation show about Marie Antoinette.
0:17.4	And that's such nonsense.
0:18.6	I would never say that.
0:20.1	We are talking today about the Sophia Coppola choice. Yeah. This is the big picture. So that's such nonsense. I would never say that. We are talking today about the
0:22.1	Sophia Coppola choice. This is the big picture. So of course there would be a Sophia Coppola movie.
0:26.6	You have been bursting at the seams. Yes. To talk about this movie, to talk about Sophia as part of this
0:32.9	project. Yes. We've chosen Marie Antoinette. I think most listeners of the show are thinking.
0:40.8	Expect lost in translation.
0:42.0	Yes.
0:42.3	Including my husband, who when I told him of this decision, said, I don't agree with that.
0:46.3	So everyone at home, if you don't agree, you, you know, are being heard in my household,
0:52.6	but you are not in charge because it's now your podcast.
0:55.2	I think that it's very important for you to be the most dominant voice on this episode.
0:59.5	The one thing that I will say is I like Lost in Translation more as a film, but I think
1:05.2	this is a superior film and an excellent choice.
1:07.4	Yeah, thank you. Same.
1:09.7	Take it away. Why did you go here?
1:12.0	You encouraged me to. And people hear on the episode that I think even I reflectively,
1:16.8	I knew that, you know, Lost in Translation was, you know, Sophia Coppola's like crowning
1:22.0	achievement sort of, like she had made Virgin suicides, but it was her big entrance into
1:26.0	Hollywood. It is generally the most accepted.
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