why the title?
for people who have seen this film why is it called Frances Ha
shareWhen she inserts her name in the mailbox, she has to break off a piece of her name to fit. She's compromising herself, giving up a piece of herself for adulthood, but she's learned to have a sense of humor about it.
shareHer character's last name is something like "Hallaway" before she truncates it to fit the mailbox. During the entire film Frances is bounced around from one place to live to another. None of them really her own. This reflects on her unstabled life and reliance on others to take care of her. At the end of the film she finally has her own job and, more importantly, her own apartment. By putting her truncated name on the mailbox, she's saying that she if finally become self-reliant and focused, i.e. an adult.
shareshe could have gone f.HALLAWAY
shareShe also said at one point (I think about the dance she choreographed) that she liked things that looked like they were a mistake.
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