2/23/02 8:10:06 pm
Hi,
From the Swedish Screenplay book:
«A LITTLE COMMENT TO THE ENDING
The script ends with Elin and Agnes walking out from the school hand in hand. End. I strongly felt that I would have a rounder ending, just a little sneak-peak on what would happen later, but I couldn’t make up how and when and where. I thought on various things. They’d go to the snackbar and eat pommes frites or go home to Agnes and eat ice-cream – I don’t know why, but I wanted them to eat something – but I was totally blind and didn’t realise the obvious: that they’d drink O’boy, just like Elin doesn’t do in the beginning. That idea was on the other hand hatched by the production manager Malte Forsell and later we made up Elin’s lines together, me and Alexandra. Out of this little story can you learn the following: it isn’t just one person who makes a film, it’s a lot of people who work together. Alone is not strong.»
Lukas Moodysson comments on the choice of Robyn's Show Me Love in a chat:
"jag tycker robyn knyter ihop filmen bättre eftersom det är elins typ av musik. annars skulle filmen liksom slutat i agnes värld."
"I think Robyn completes the film in a better way since this is Elin's type of music. Otherwise the film would sortof have ended in Agnes' world."
If you read the director's commentary from the DVD I don't think you'll get the impression that this song is meant as a joke at all.
I've sort of forgotten about that goof with Agnes' cloth around her wrist suddenly disappering and the lack of a scar. Better update my goof list!
Bye,
Ole
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