[I did this review ages ago but I posted this under the "comment" as I did not how to use this blog.. therefore I’m re posting my review again.. thx..]

A movie I saw recently is [The Virgin Suicides].




The Virgin Suicides is a novel written by Jeffrey Eugenides, and it is then filmed by Director Sofia Coppola in 1999.
The movie is center with the suicides of the five sisters – 13 years old Cecilia, 14 years old Lux, 15 years old Bonnie, 16 years old Mary, and 17 years old Therese.

Coppola had used different techniques to illustrate the girls’ story and also to catch the audiences’ attention.
Trees are used as a symbol of the girls’ life – the trees is green and they look healthy; however, the trees are actually sick “inside”. This metaphor that the girls seem to be fine but deep inside their soul, they are actually suffering.
Color contrast is also used to catch the audiences’ attention. At the very beginning of the movie, earth tone color is used. Then people dressing in bright color suddenly appear. This is to tell the audience that something is going wrong and the story is starting to begin.

Moreover, color contrast between the town – warm color, and the bathroom where Cecilia attempted suicide (cool color) represented that Cecilia is living in a different “world” and how depress she is.
The scene where Cecilia attempted suicide in the cool bathroom, Cecilia was actually holding a picture of mother Mary, the mother of Jesus. This make me feel ironic since the girls are born in a catholic family, they are taught how to love and treasure themselves. However, they committed suicide. Moreover, it also question me, whether Coppola is trying to deliver a message that we are the children of mother Mary and should be loved and treasured?

As a little conclusion, I think this is a good movie and I do recommend this movie to all of you.