hi everyone! another newbie who just saw the film and is going through all of those FÅ-feelings you guys have aready described loads of times on here:) even though i'm about ten years late
Actually, I saw it about a month ago, but it has taken a while to digest everything this movie hit me with, and all of the memories it brought back.. I can easily say I have NEVER been affected in this way by any movie. It just came so close. I mean, here you have a young Swedish girl who is struggling with her secret but ever-so-close bisexuality, and suddenly I get to see my life being shown in front of me, like Lukas Moodysson had stolen my non-existing diary and made it into a movie. It felt like a punch in the gut. So I guess you understand how happily surprised I was that there are actually some people who are still keeping a forum going after all these years. Hugs to you all
Anyway, now I have seen this wonderful little film a few too many times (lol like that's possible) and the last time i watched it, there was a detail that i noticed and now I can't see that part of the film without getting annoyed by it. So i turn to all of the wise people on here, hoping for answers
I assume you are all aquainted with the beautiful scene when the girls are on the bridge that crosses the motorway, talking about getting out of Åmål, being different and stuff. Well, first they are clearly on the bridge, looking down on the cars underneath them. Then Elin starts running away, and Agnes goes "where are you going" or someting like that. Then, suddenly they are both standing down on the road! And Elin answers Agnes, saying "We're going to Stockholm", like nothing happened. And it's filmed like they are supposed to have been there all the time (or at least it looks like it).
OK, maybe it's not really a huge deal, but it kinda annoys me cause I just really don't get it. I mean, if they were on the bridge at first, and then ran down to the motorway, why couldn't our beloved Mr Moodysson just have filmed like a brief shot of the girls running down? Cause now they are first on the bridge, and next thing they're down on the road, and, judging from the conversation, it seems like no time at all had passed.
So is this just me not getting something that's obvious for everyone else (wouldn't be surprising of course) or is, in fact, Lukas Moodysson trying to trick us all by discreetly (or not so much) moving the girls FROM the bridge TO the motorway without anyone noticing, and making it look like they were there all the time
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OK, I have been going on for wayyy too long about this little thing.. anyway, I'd like to thank you guys again for keeping this forum alive after so many years. It warms my little Swedish heart.