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What is your favorite scene with Lux (Kirsten Dunst)?

posted 10 years ago by aab874
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[–] aab874 10 years ago

Forced to burn her records.

[–] maxtshea 10 years ago

Me too, forced to burn her records. My heart broke for her. I had a passionate and spiritual connection to the records I loved when I was her age. I would have defended them with my life. No, it wasn't the same decade or the same music, but it doesn't matter! When you're a kid, you love your music because it tells you things you want to hear...and things your parents don't want you to hear.

There were indeed batty religious zealot parents like Lux's mom who confiscated and destroyed their kids' records. They saw rock 'n roll as dangerous competition to church and hearth! I wanted to give Lux a copy of Jell Biafra's "No More Cocoons"!

[–] Injinn 10 years ago

When she curled up into a fetal position while her sisters played a song to the boys (near the end of the film).

The fetal position is the apex of vulnerability, which is made even more poignant when it is Lux doing it -- by far the most self-confident of her sisters.

There was more to her than just the promiscuous, vivacious, confident seductress; unfortunately, nobody ever really bothered to find that out.

[–] jjdill33 10 years ago

Injinn, I agree with your assessment of Lux. She wasn't simply extroverted, she had the most 'life force'. That's why when hurt, she became rather dark and acted out in extreme ways, becoming like a succubus, as the book says.

[–] sanders_mike25 9 years ago

The scenes near the end. The way she is sitting near the door smoking a cigarette while knowing what her three remaining sisters were doing.

[–] eyeguy72 9 years ago

When she was examining her sandwich at school. Thanks, mom! lol

[–] cindykoerner 9 years ago

Perhaps the most depressing scene also but when she wakes up alone in the football field.
That gutted me, especially because it's pretty realistic and depicts many teenage boys mindset: love 'Em and leave 'em.