Don't know if I actually missed something, but this very long shot that ended up as a car crash feels like it was a useless waist of money on the effects, did not bring anything to the story, and is followed by a total different scene. I'm just asking myself why spend about 2 min of the movie for that ?
shareWhat a lot of people don't realise is how faithful Coppolla is to the stories she tells. The girl that the character is based on did get a dui in real life so Sofia put it in. It's just another showcase of the downward spiral the characters experience, and more importantly their reluctance to learn from their mistakes.
What annoys me about the reception of this movie is how people think it's unrealistic and sensationalist. Sofia actually played down a lot of what went on in the movie and she stuck very close to the true story. Similarly I noticed after reading the Virgin Suicides after watching the movie that there was only one or two lines of dialogue in the movie that weren't in the book. Basically, I think Sofia is constantly misunderstood in that people think she's exploiting something, when actually gives her stories a lot of respect.
Palo Alto 2014
100% agree with you, but the point is that, ( and i am learning that as a film student myself ) composition in a movie is really important. And just displaying facts after facts without having a proper weight to the story or seeing any circumstances of a sequence is just useless and it confuse the viewer. There is a whole art of composition sequence to the timeline of a movie, and its seems that Coppola did add moments that doesnt make the story go deeper.
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shareI think it is very useful. Because it gives a large indication of the mindset and the class of these criminals.
They were rich kids who could trash cars and it was no big deal. The scene afterwards, the girl states she only had to do community service for it. She never even mentioned what her parents said...they probably said nothing and gave her a new car.
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Agree with the OP. It was a wasted scene the way she did it. The fact that they had some of the stolen property on them at the time and one of them being arrested could have been played for a little more suspense, but the way it was edited it was meaningless to the story.
shareWhat's important about this scene is actually the aftermath: the DUI charge.
This film requires a lot of thinking in a sense of putting things together according to real life knowledge.
Notice her facial expression on the mugshot. She's GLAD to get arrested for a DUI because that somehow brings her closer to the celebrities she worships so much. So the car crash is necessary in a sense that it brings deeper knowledge into the mindset of these characters in an unexpectedly subtle way.
Well they had to break up the redundant plot in some way. You could probably break the structure into these points:
1. They talk.
2. They steal stuff
3. They party (and post their victory on Facebook)/Shots of real celebrities
4. Emma Watson overacting/Mother trying to install some value in her children
She had to throw in the car crash scene to break it up a little bit since every scene is repeated about 12 times over 90 minutes ( a feat I never thought possible). There is no subtle message to this film. SC is as subtle as someone taking a hammer to your head.
It's amazing this is the same person that wrote Lost in Translation.
I don't agree. I think it's meant to show how disconnected they all are from reality. Like in the scene that follows, Rebecca seems pissed and says "that's *beep* up", meaning that she is shocked by Chloe's carefree attitude. However, literally two minutes later (or less), Rebecca herself is driving while doing cocaine..
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