tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post7743374416762383369..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: Let the Right One InJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-45186691276943385832009-11-17T07:53:12.313-05:002009-11-17T07:53:12.313-05:00I agree. Being of the pessimistic persuasion, I re...I agree. Being of the pessimistic persuasion, I read the film as a very bleak vision of love: parasitic, vampiric, bloodsucking -- the first blooms being quickly crushed under the cold snows of repetition, dependence, poverty. And then the girl moves on to ensnare another younger victim.<br /><br />Then again, the filmmakers say that it's not really about that at all. They wanted to use vampires to talk about teenage rage and violence. So who knows...I.V.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17167362896416316361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-69044794671464222092009-11-16T13:10:29.671-05:002009-11-16T13:10:29.671-05:00I thought you weren't going to mention it, but...I thought you weren't going to mention it, but in the last line you touched on the open nature of the film and one of the many reasons I love this film. It can be viewed as a tale of friendship, but it can also be read as Eli manipulating Oskar so that he is her new slave. Like it's setting and characters, the ending is both warm and cold at the same time.Bill Thompsonhttp://billsmovieemporium.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com