Existentialist philosophers like Kierkegaard and Nietzsche would have dis-liked this movie. They both were completely against any kinds of pretentiousness. Me too....i also disliked this because it was made by Sofia Coppola...for Sofia Coppola. (self indulgence) I hope she liked it !! Pretentious movies are fairly common. Lots of directors who make them ..hope they will be seen as art house. Sofia Coppola wrote and directed this...her father Francis Ford Copolla (who likes to keep it in the family) co-produced it. The film is really well photographed. And that is all. Existentialists try to make complex things simple. Pretentious movie makers try hard to make simple things complex.....And that is all.....