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Actors: James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Danny DeVito, Scott Glenn, Michael Pare
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Virgin Suicides |
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Based on a book by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides is told as a memory of a group of boys who when they were growing up, were fascinated and obsessed by the lives of the five Lisbon sisters (Lux, Mary, Therese, Bonnie and Cecilia). The five sisters were very different and mysterious to the neighborhood boys who befriended them. The girls lived a very sheltered life and had strict religious parents (Turner and Woods). After the youngest daughter commits suicide, the parents become even stricter with their daughters, to the point where they are not even allowed to leave the house to attend school. In desperation, Lux the oldest (Dunst), enlists the boys' help to get out of the house one night. She proceeds to end her life that evening, followed closely by the suicides of the remaining three sisters.
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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THE VIRGIN SUICIDES is the first movie written and directed by Sofia Coppola, daughter of the acclaimed director of THE GODFATHER.
The film relates the tragic story of five sisters who committed suicides in 1975 without any obvious reasons. With an admirable delicacy, Sofia Coppola describes in light touches the life of an ordinary family and the end of the american dream.
The best american movie of 1999.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Virgin Suicides |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- fighting with parents
Sexing?
- first sexual experience
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
- student
Age:
- a teen
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) fat
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
Is this movie based on a
- book
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