Word: friendship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...original murder case, the sexual element of the friendship was played up, and the girls became infamous as lesbian killers. Jackson certainly doesn't tone down the sexual angle in his film version. As shocking as the relationship may have seemed in 1954 New Zealand, it could seem hackneyed in this post-Kinsey day and age. However, in spite of modern omniscience and in spite (or because) of the overwrought treatment it receives in the film, the relationship convinces. Pauline writes in her diary that now she understands "the joy of this thing called sin," and after the bathtub scenes...
...style works nicely in Red. Visually and emotionally, this is the director's warmest film. At moments it glows, like the jacket of Valentine's absent lover; the garment's color is reflected in the young woman's face, suffusing her with long-distance affection. And as the friendship between her and the judge ripens into respect and something like love, the emotional crisis in the old man's life is replayed and miraculously resolved (we won't say how). Finally, the filmmakers concoct another miracle to unite the main characters from the trilogy's three episodes. That...
...film's serendipitous stroke was to find Winslet and, especially, Lynskey, a first-time actress. They are perfect, fearless in embodying teenage hysteria. They declaim their lines with an intensity that approaches ecstasy, as if reading aloud from Wuthering Heights. The giggles that punctuate the girls' early friendship are not beneath Winslet and Lynskey. The screams that end the film are not beyond them...
Mornings are quiet; like all teenagers, homeless youths sleep in whenever possible. Then they wander to youth centers like My Friend's Place in Los Angeles, which offers food, showers, friendship and counseling. "You've got to look beyond the drugs and the prostitution and see that these are just kids, kids who should be taking driver's ed right now or worrying about which corsage to wear," says executive director Steve LePore. Behind him, several , youths in worn clothing lie on the floor asleep...
This is what the kids call hanging out. Green watches intently. In the smoky darkness, she sees friendship and adventure, like kids gathered around a campfire, giving and getting what many never had before. Asked to describe her room back in Houston, she squirms, then whipsaws back to present tense. "I wanna try heroin tonight," she says matter-of-factly. "A friend says she'll shoot me up, but I'll need to get $10." Troll doesn't do drugs. "Why do you want to do that?" he asks. Her reply: "I just want to see what it's like...