 
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
|
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
I wanted so badly to like this movie, but the end ruined it for me. Everything up to that point was beautiful.What's with the wistful and obtuse narrator? He ends the film saying that he and his friends were never able to understand why the girls nextdoor would kill themselves, but the film makes it abundantly clear that the parents, the mother in particular, are in large part to blame.
Am I missing something?
Follow Ups:
Just watched this movie last night and thought it was excellent. Taking into consideration the era (mid to late 70's) I think it's a little tough to call the parents "abusive"; they were pretty warped, but probably less so than mine. I never got the impression that they didn't love their daughters, although the mother's way of dealing with things by forbidding the kids to leave the house was pretty sad (abusive probably applies here). My take is that the mother was totally screwed up and ended up passing on all this crap to the kids, but that is a pretty common family theme I would say (fathers are quite capable of this too). For me the ending was appropriate; there are a lot of difficult and unanswered questions in all our lives-a lot of grey area, if you will, where you simply cannot say that this is the cause and this is the effect. As the parent of 5 & 8 year olds, I realize that I have a huge effect on their lives (hopefully positive), but that doesn't mean I can make their lives perfect; there's going to be a lot to happen to them that I have very little control over. I thought it was quite interesting and pretty stylized; not the usual Hollywood stuff.
I just happen to be listening to the soundtrack to that movie as I am reading this. I remember the movie well.The comment you cite never struck me as odd. Yes, the parents were abusive, but that does not necessarily mean the daughters had to kill themselves. The parents were partly to blame, but there were likely other alternatives.
BTW, it is an interesting movie for people to see and a great first effort from Sophia Coppola.
Doug Schneider
www.soundstagenetwork.com
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
