i just finished watching this movie.
well, i just have to say it was powerful.
if you don't know, literally is the story of a family with 5 sisters. they all commit suicide. it was amazing how this movie probably could have turned out alot more depressing then it was. i don't know if that makes sense.
one reason i like this movie is because it takes place in the 70's. i have found that time period flicks are always better. since the people who make the film always have to go through alot of trouble to make all the sets true to the era and it's so expensive, they make sure they have something important to say. the lessons are always thought provoking.
one part i loved was how they incorporated all the stuff about the trees dying. it reminded me of this time at my school when a man came and talked about how lawns represent this whole sort of suburban conformity. i didn't go to the talk but the idea has always stuck with me. that's why whenever i cut the lawn i tend to do it in a spiral. from an airplane i think the spiral would look like a fingerprint whorl. as if i'm creating my own identity within a mere social requirement. anyways, in the movie all the tree's are slowly cut down because they are "sick." and the community treats the girls the same way. they were sick. now they are gone. and the city never plants a new tree in the dead tree's stead. they just leave the stumps there. a street where all the tree lawns have a piece of dead nature.
no one ever took the time to look into the girl's live either. except for the couple boys across the street who worshipped them.
the movie also takes a stand on the v-chip and control of what parents allow offspring to do/see.
the way they treat the suicides reminds me of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) too.
i bet something happened in the 70's involving suicide rates. or maybe just depression.
last but not least it was nice to know i have finally seen a film by Sofia Coppola, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola.
sounds good
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