#The Virgin Suicides (1999)

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newjeans 'ditto' (2023) / the virgin suicides dir. sofia coppola (1999)

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CIVIL WAR (2024) dir. alex garland

THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999) dir. sofia coppola

[aardvaark]

it’s the fact that it’s called the virgin suicides when they all knew that Lux wasn’t a virgin, just because the pretence that she died a virgin furthers the boys’ objectification by making each of the Lisbon sisters into their idea of a "perfect" woman. saintly, pure, unsullied, a Madonna. the boys erase the events and information that make the girls seem too human. while virginity is frankly a stupid, outdated, misogynistic construct, to the boys in the narrative, virginity is an important virtue for women. i doubt they know if any of the girls were actually definitely virgins when they died. but they emphasise that trait as part of their idolisation of the girls, which is really just thinly, prettily veiled objectification…

[bluejeans777]

Lick The Star (1998) written and directed by Sofia Coppola

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The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Director: Sofia Coppola Cinematography: Edward Lachman Production Design: Jasna Stefanovic Art Direction: Jon P. Goulding

[misandriste]

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

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Hayden Christensen as Jake Hill Conley in The Virgin Suicides (1999)

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"Sittin' on the sofa, feelin' super suicidal..."

[aardvaark]

the virgin suicides foreshadowing is excellent

[tw for suicide, of course]

this is the image that the lisbon sisters’ father takes of them in their homecoming dresses - the girls look surprised that he doesn’t ask to get another, better photo, because they’re clearly posed in weird ways here. but all their poses are foreshadowing their deaths, so it sort of is the perfect photo.

from left to right,

Lux is pointing to a drip in the ceiling, but positions her fingers as though she’s holding a cigarette. she is smoking all through her final scene, and continues to smoke as she dies of carbon monoxide inhalation in the garage.

Therese’s eyes are closed, and she dies from overdosing on sleeping pills.

Mary’s is less clear, but I think the fact that she is leaning over can relate to the fact she dies with her head in the oven, crouched and leaning over. in the book, she survives this attempt and eventually dies later by overdosing on sleeping pills like Therese, so the fact that she’s the only one who isn’t doing anything "wrong" in this photo could also be a reference to her surviving the attempt they all do together.

Bonnie is the most evident, she is pulling her collar, and will die from hanging.

it’s notable that the "drip" that Lux is pointing to may symbolise Cecilia’s attempt in the bathtub. it may also foreshadow the boys’ discovery of the bodies, when one boy feels a light tap on his shoulder and looks up to discover Bonnie’s body hanging.

[bluejeans777]

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Directed by Sofia Coppola

Based off the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides

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I liked the part with the peach schnapps.

Not sure what I was expecting this to be, but I found it pretty underwhelming. Some combination of the nostalgic presentation of things entirely unrelatable to my life and the pretentious narration just made this impenetrable to me.

Nobody acted in ways I would expect real people to behave, and I didn't find the mystery of the girls' actions to be very compelling. Some great songs on the soundtrack though.

Good, but not for me I think.

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The Virgin Suicides (1999)

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Kirsten Dunst, The Virgin Suicides, 1999