Sunday, 20 October 2013

The Bling Ring (2013)

Who said Fashion was an addiction?

A assemblage of indulged teenagers commit the most audacious crime using certain types of medium such as Social media and celebrity blog websites to hunt for the Hollywood hills mansion owners address this is the most impudent burglary in Hollywood recent history the group were accused of stealing more than $3million in clothing and jewellery  from A listers , with a total disregard for privacy and do not  have proper usage for disguises, the group  brag aimlessly on social media websites to friends and how long they can keep this disarray up for? The film based on true events from an article in Vanity Fair “The suspects wore Louboutins”


As the soundtrack purely states with Frank oceans line “Super rich kids with nothing but fake friends” has a line been more pertinent. Teenagers of our generation can most certainly relate to Facebook and twitter stalking and nicknaming our friends “bitches” a very endearing name to close friends a sort of entitlement if you may.  The Bling Ring started as a Vanity Fair article in 2010 “The Suspects wore Louboutins” with the boredom of dropout high schoolers fuelled this passion for fashion! The article detailed the crime binge and the use of technology and to the yearning and pleasure to be on an E! Entertainment channel the group stealing more than $3million worth of cash. Coppola paints these characters quickly telling small strokes. Hopeful fashionista more like wannabe Rebecca (Katie Chang) wants to attend fashion school “where all the Hills girls went”. Reserved new boy Marc (Isreal Broussard) wants to be noticed and have friends and be popular. Nicki (Emma Watson) and her sister Emily (Georgia Rock) and best friend (Taissa Farmiga) are home schooled by a air head mother (Leslie Mann) in lesson from self help to self attraction. This group of teenagers wish and want to be living in a world of Balmain and Paris Hilton are their new worshipers and soon decide they want to be slaves to that world.

Coppola has a excellent recognition for youth and particularly the flow of female friendships, she draws perfectionist performances from her very young cast. With Emma Watson building up her actress profile with building character from Perks of Being a Wall flower Watson offers a seamless delivery of self indulgent and almost self delusional and lead from her mother defiantly living vicariously through her life. Chang posses a light and you can almost tell she is the groups full on ring leader.

Like most of Coppolas previous films she has based her heroines trapped in prisons of suburbia. The characters have a gratis by the internet showing similarities to films such as the Social Network and the other Guys, few films are captured on the life of social media but these lives are done so accurately. Coppola is also recognised for her spectacular shot especially in one scene of the Audrina Partridges house being broken in to the shot is done in a elegant wide shot of the two protagonist Marc and Rebecca ransacking her home.  Each robbery has a divergent look with three robberies being looked at through footage of the robberies.  The film most defiantly has a fluid ethical side to it and this makes the film all the more interesting for it. The film is intoxicating it may not deliver certain resilience such as Lost In translation and Marie Antoinette but it does almost certainly catch the teenage generation today.
It provokes a extremely less violent Reservoir dogs gang members especially when they walk down the street in recent stolen goods to Kanye West’s Power which shows how most teens desire to akin to.  A small snapshot of the dreams of Airhead teens today. The devils Most certainly wore Prada.
 
R: 15
Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Director: Sophia Coppola
Cast:
Katie Chang (Rebecca)
Israel Broussard (Marc)
Emma Watson (Nicki)
Tarissa Farmiga (Sam)

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