Sofia Coppola Has Never Heard of the Bechdel Test

by Christopher Frizzelle"The what test?" (Actual quote.) Rich Fury/Getty Images
GQ just published an interview with director Sofia Coppola, whose new movie is The Beguiled (a remake of a 1971 Clint Eastwood film). The interview begins:GQ: I loved The Beguiled. Would you say this is the rare feminist film that struggles to pass the Bechdel test?
Sofia Coppola: The what test?
The Bechdel test.
I've never heard of that. What's that?
It's a test to see if two or more women in a movie talk about some