Sofia Coppola has memories that anyone might envy, from traveling to Japan to make her Oscar-winning film Lost in Translation to recreating Graceland for her upcoming Priscilla. And she got to revisit many of them over the course of publishing her first book, Sofia Coppola Archive: 1999–2023, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at her nearly-quarter-century career. “Creating the book brought back a lot of good memories,” Coppola told Vanity Fair at a dinner celebrating the book’s release, hosted by Chanel at Hollywood’s famed Chateau Marmont on Tuesday. “It was really fun to revisit and go through and find all of these boxes filled with old packets of one-hour photos from Japan that I took while making Lost in Translation and thinking about all the people that I collaborated with. I’m proud to, like, sit back and see how all my work fits together and have a body of work.”

Now available to purchase, the 488-page book gives rare insights into Coppola’s work, featuring personal sketches, storyboards, reference collages, annotated scripts, and detailed accounts of all eight of her films to date. The book also includes hundreds of unseen photographs, ranging from pictures of a then 16-year-old Kirsten Dunst on the set of The Virgin Suicides to snapshots inside Paris Hilton’s real home for The Bling Ring. And there’s plenty of insight into Priscilla, which Coppola adapted from Priscilla Presley’s memoir in collaboration with the author. Coppola is hopeful that the film, in theaters November 3, will offer viewers a new understanding of Priscilla beyond her public persona.

“I hope that they see her perspective, see what her life was like, and learn from her experience,” Coppola said. “To peek into this mysterious icon and just to learn her story was interesting. I was surprised by how relatable her story was.”

Priscilla joined Coppola and many of the filmmaker’s friends, colleagues, and family at the Chanel dinner held at the Chateau Marmont’s lush garden patio. Dunst and Jesse Plemons were among the first guests to arrive and congregated at the bar, where Anjelica Huston spoke with writer-producer Mitch Glazer. Dakota Fanning, en route to her dinner seat, stopped to say hello to Hilton, while director Chloé Zhao talked with Awkwafina and then with Rashida Jones. Near the garden entrance, Kristen Stewart, dressed in a black stretch jersey swimsuit and black calfskin shorts, socialized with her fiancée Dylan Meyer; Olivia Munn mingled alongside John Mulaney; Priscilla Presley remained nestled in a corner with a friend. Close by, Molly Shannon raved to some friends about how comfortable she felt in her Chanel heels (most guests were fitted in chic Chanel ensembles for the party) and Maya Rudolph chatted with her daughter, Pearl. Coppola’s husband, musician Thomas Mars, and her niece, filmmaker Gia Coppola, were also present at the alfresco dinner.

“The book is really just a scrapbook of all my work over the years, so I hope people that enjoy the films will see some of the process in it and be reminded of it,” said Coppola, a long-standing artistic collaborator with Chanel. “I also really wanted to show all the work of the great collaborators I’ve worked with and all the things that I saved over the years. I hope people get to see some of the inspiration. I like to see a filmmaker whose work that I liked and see what their process is, and I hope that comes across with my book. I hope young filmmakers can get something out of it.”

The evening was capped off with a performance from Princess—Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum’s band that covers Prince songs. Dunst and Fanning were the first to dance, dragging Coppola and Elle Fanning to get up from their seats. Jones then joined them to round out the mosh pit.