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movie year countdown #8 - 1999 - The Virgin Suicides

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This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”.  To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.

The Virgin Suicides

Well I like Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation.  And I've recently been enjoying the album Moon Safari by Air.  And I know a lot of people who seemed infatuated by this movie, but boy it seemed pretty mediocre to me.

I mean there were some enjoyable moments.  And as I think I heard someone say, there is this interesting and indefinable mix of fantasy and reality.  The ideal and the truth.  Nothing seemed to rise up to really grab me though.  And sadly it seemed like it wanted to.

I guess you know what the ending is going to be, but it still came upon me rather abruptly, in a way that I feel like I could have been affected differently otherwise.

Yeah the girls were pretty to look at, at least.  Maybe that was part of the point.

rating: 6/10

posted on Friday, April 20, 2007 3:16 PM by Risselada


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porcupine
Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 5:46 PM

"Her brother Roman directed the enjoyable CQ shortly after this was made and it doesn't seem to have made an impression on anyone."

I really liked CQ. I saw it in France, I think that helped.
josephkuzma
Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:23 AM

I watched this because of the soundtrack (I love Air) and was equally blah with the overall execution. I didn't understand until Lost In Translation why anyone thought Sophia Coppola was anything special (surname aside). Her brother Roman directed the enjoyable CQ shortly after this was made and it doesn't seem to have made an impression on anyone.

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