The film – with its beguiling cinematography and languorous yet poignant encapsulation of youthful desires and disillusions – proved Coppola a natural heir to her family’s filmmaking talent. The title is really meant as a reflection that you can be anywhere and still feel the same things or relate to the characters.” “James also told me a lot about what Palo Alto was like for him and we decided the story was more about the emotions than the actual place. “I figured Napa Valley was similar to suburban life in Palo Alto,” she tells AnOther. Due to budget restrictions, however, Coppola shot the film in Napa Valley, making use of readily available locations like her teenage bedroom, complete with The Virgin Suicides poster. The film was based on James Franco’s collection of short stories of the same name, set in the wealthy California suburb where the actor and writer grew up. Such moments would later weave their way into her accomplished debut feature, 2013’s Palo Alto, a dreamlike homage to teenage ennui and the reckless exploits it so often inspires. Coppola’s teenage years, meanwhile, were spent engaging in the usual adolescent pursuits – cruising around Los Angeles and its outskirts in her mother’s old Mercedes and hanging out with her friends in carparks for want of somewhere better to go.
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