![]() He is also very intent on reminding the teacher his name even though she already knows it and will die anyway. That’s why he wears the make-up, so that people will note the interesting detail. I’m pretty sure Collon worships Lucifer and he made a deal to be famous forever if he does a horrendous act. ![]() Celeste is calm while another girl yells out “Why are you doing this?!” Celeste goes to the back of the classroom and he shoots everyone and then himself.Ĭeleste awakens in the ambulance. She talks to him and asks him to let the others go and she will pray with him but he says he already killed too many. He takes off a fake eyelash as he talks to her.Ĭeleste knows Colon. Tells her to go the back of the classroom with the others.Ĭollon wear sparkly eye make-up like Celeste will do later when she gets famous. She asks “Is she breathing?” And he says No. Celeste is the only one who doesn’t run to the back of the classroom. She says, “I know.” And then he shoots her. ![]() He announces his name to the teacher who knows him. The name means something but I’m not sure what. Willem Defoe, as the narrator, is Lucifer.Ĭollon Active, is the kid who does the school shooting. The name “Lucifer” means bearer of light. Vox Lux, loosely translated, means ‘Voice of Light”. I now have to go and open my return Netflix envelope and re-watch myself. Try the movie a second time with these points in mind. I watched Vox Lux last night and spent the night reading all the discussions about the movie and I haven’t seen anything like this so here are my thoughts. The moment stays between them and we still view the concert as it really is. ![]() But the movie doesn't let the lyrics get changed from I to We. It was a moment of conversation between them after all the crazy things that had happened that day. So then the performance shouldn't be how good it looks to us, but how good it is for Celeste and her sister and daughter. That was her providing for her daughter and family and everyone who works for her. She knows her daughter is in the crowd and wants to show her that she's not a total mess and works hard at her job. Being on stage and preforming was Celeste being Celeste, actually having control and doing everything right. That made me think of art and the artist and the people who view the art. So the movie gave us a real look at Celeste at two extreme moments of her life.Īnd also it has to do with the thing that was mentioned at the start of her career, where they had her change a lyric from I to We, because her pain now belonged to everyone else. After years and years of her songs people might have a nostalgic view of her that is a layer over their new experiences with her, but we didn't see the slow decline in quality, we went straight from best to worse. We didn't hear any of her music except her breakout songs and the new album. She said at the diner that her music has been getting worse but she's been selling better than ever. There were so many other scenes that looked amazingly fantastic, and then the big performance at the end was shot oddly and didn't pull the viewer in like other things did. This movie makes you uncomfortable.įor everyone else who has seen it so far, what do you think? I’m just trying to gather other reactions to bounce off mine because I’m having trouble finding any. It really gets you to think, but in ways and on topics that are really hard to face. With all this said, I almost didn’t enjoy myself watching this movie. The camera work is pretty amazing so many long takes that either have hidden cuts or they’re really one long take, specifically in Act II. Natalie Portman’s acting is a tour de force and I’m completely floored and in awe with her performance. When the credits were rolling some people started laughing and saying “well that was.not what I wanted”. I had a few walkouts in my showing, my guess because people were expecting a different take on A Star Is Born, which this definitely is not that. I definitely don’t think this will play well with mainstream audiences. It’s a dark character study, and while it’s told in a traditional three-act structure, each of the acts (especially the last two) are anything but traditional. This is very different from how it was marketed and VERY disturbing, unique, and many other words.
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