The Virgin Suicides, is a book written by Jeffrey Eugenides, Sofia Coppola years later took the text and brought it to screen. Coppola stays true to Eugenides’ novel, maintaining the haunting quality of the story. In Eugenides’ novel, the characters often exist only as fragments of description, while the presence of actors in the film almost automatically makes the characters feel more fleshed out, even without additional dialogue. We are able to learn more about them simply from seeing their emotions and actions. For example, the father is more sympathetic in the film but in the novel seems rude and strict but his character in the movie is very different from what you read. In the film we see him as the quieter character in comparison to …show more content…
The scene when Trip and Lux are on the football field is key example of this, in the novel Trip states "I walked home that night. I didn't care how she got home. I just took off." Then, "It's weird. I mean, I liked her. I really liked her. I just got sick of her just then." These words seems cold and harsh but in comparison to the movie Trip says "I don't know why I left. I just got up and left, not caring how she got home." Trip regrets leaving Lux a lot more in the movie than in the book. The scene in the movie carries a lot more emotion to it and we car begun to understand his emotions and actions. It seemed as if Trip was scared about how hard he fell for her and leaving her was the only solution he could think of at the time. Because of Trip’s actions Lux misses curfew that night and the brought on the imprisonment in their house that doomed the sisters.In many ways it can be seen that Trip’s actions from the night go on to have grave …show more content…
No compassion whatsoever. The narrator even says, "It didn't matter whether her brain continued to flash on the way down, or if she regretted what she'd done, or if she had time to focus on the fence spikes shooting toward her. Her mind no longer existed in any way that mattered”. In the film, we hear the gasps and and Mrs. Lisbon pauses as she sees what has happened from the window. The camera pauses on Mr. Lisbon holding Cecilia, which allows the audience a clear view of her impaled on the fence. It’s sharp, haunting imagery that rattles the viewers. Getting the reactions of the speechless characters and just letting the gasps and cries do the speaking of the moment allows the viewer to see the pain. Mr. Lisbon’s inspection of Cecillia's body is just devastating. Turner is showier in that moment but Woods looks at it like he can't even understand what the body is, what just happened. The ending where the boys are brought into the house to find the girls dead bodies is another very telling moment. The boys begin to explore the house to find Bonnie having hanged herself in the basement. They go home horrified, only to return later realizing that all of the girls killed themselves. “Above him, in a pink dress, Bonnie looked clean and festive, like a piniata. It took a minute to sink in. We gazed up at Bonnie, at her spindly legs in their white confirmation