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It seems like most of her films centers around...

posted 11 years ago by Duchess89
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characters from privileged backgrounds or class?

Virgin Suicides(1999)-Girls from upper-middle class suburbs.
Lost in Translation(2003)-About a wealthy bored actor getting paid $2 million for a whiskey ad, who meets a hipster girl, who obviously comes from a well to do background.
Marie Antoinette(2006) -self explanatory
Somewhere (2010)-famous actor recuperating after an injury at the Chateau Marmont
The Bling Ring(2013)-about a bunch of spoilt middle-class teens who break into rich peoples homes.

I liked MA and LIT so I'm not criticizing the films or her style, I just wonder whether its because of her background, that she makes these movies with those kind of aforementioned themes?
It would be nice for a change if she made a film about characters who weren't all well off, Banana Republic wearing trust fund hipsters.

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[–] RedBluePurple 11 years ago

I think she just gets whats cool and what people want to watch. The real story of the Bling Ring wasn't as classy as the final film, but she makes any story seem poignant and interesting.

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[–] storas-martynas 11 years ago

I think she's just honest to herself and doing the things she knows about and she's doing it very well. It would be silly if she started making films about poverty, which she never experienced.