Article: Sofia Coppola picked up a few things along the way.(The Orange County Register)

Byline: Barry Koltnow

I went to my dentist's office for a cleaning the other day and thought about Sofia Coppola.

That's sounds crazy, I know, but I can't help thinking about Sofia Coppola whenever I'm sitting in a cushioned chair with a bright light illuminating my gums and a masked and gloved hygienist scraping plaque from my teeth.

Four years ago, I had breakfast with the writer-director a few days before the opening of her first movie, "The Virgin Suicides." The movie was well-received by critics, who also have fawned over her second film, "Lost in Translation," which not only garnered two Oscar nominations for Coppola and one for star Bill ...

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