The Virgin Suicides

and some of the teachers here… 333 00:33:32,673 --> 00:33:36,383 …and realised that nothing about this serious matter… 334 00:33:36,467 --> 00:33:39,180 …has been discussed at this school. 335 00:33:39,263 --> 00:33:42,433 Quickly thereafter green pamphlets were distributed. 336 00:33:42,516 --> 00:33:46,353 We thought green was cheerful, but not too cheerful. 337 00:33:46,437 --> 00:33:48,522 Certainly better than red. 338 00:33:48,605 --> 00:33:51,693 They told us there were 80 suicides a day in America… 339 00:33:51,775 --> 00:33:55,405 - …30,000 a year… - Cheese! 340 00:33:55,488 --> 00:33:58,949 …and alerted us to danger signals we couldn't help but look for. 341 00:33:59,451 --> 00:34:01,787 Were the Lisbon girls' pupils dilated? 342 00:34:02,622 --> 00:34:06,376 Had they lost interest in school activities, in sports and hobbies? 343 00:34:06,459 --> 00:34:08,878 Had they withdrawn from their peers? 344 00:34:11,130 --> 00:34:12,799 Hi. I'm Chase. 345 00:34:14,927 --> 00:34:17,012 I know who you are. 346 00:34:18,055 --> 00:34:21,183 I've only been going to this school my whole life. 347 00:34:22,309 --> 00:34:24,394 You don't have to talk to me. 348 00:34:34,073 --> 00:34:37,993 For example, we have two different types of economics - 349 00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:43,082 …or so-called two different types. The first one is called macroeconomics. 350 00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:46,878 Look. She's laughing. 351 00:34:48,922 --> 00:34:53,718 He made her laugh! I've never heard him say anything remotely intelligent. 352 00:34:55,303 --> 00:34:58,432 The boys who talked with Lux were always the stupidest… 353 00:34:58,516 --> 00:35:01,102 …and made terrible sources of information. 354 00:35:01,185 --> 00:35:03,520 Squeezebox is all right. 355 00:35:03,604 --> 00:35:07,191 Let me tell you, she's the hottest girl in the school for sure. 356 00:35:07,776 --> 00:35:11,155 Do you wanna know what happened? Smell my fingers, man. 357 00:35:11,656 --> 00:35:13,949 Nah, she didn't talk about Cecilia. 358 00:35:14,032 --> 00:35:17,245 We weren't exactly talking, if you know what I mean. 359 00:35:18,036 --> 00:35:22,208 But the only reliable boy who actually got to know Lux… 360 00:35:22,292 --> 00:35:26,921 …was Trip Fontaine, who only eight months before the suicides… 361 00:35:27,005 --> 00:35:30,926 …had emerged from baby fat to the delight of girls and mothers alike. 362 00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:34,596 I'm late again. 363 00:35:37,641 --> 00:35:39,727 Oh, come on. 364 00:35:48,820 --> 00:35:50,697 Thank you. 365 00:36:00,208 --> 00:36:02,460 ♪ A cold late night, so long ago 366 00:36:02,543 --> 00:36:05,047 ♪ When I was not so strong, you know 367 00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:07,090 ♪ A pretty man came to me 368 00:36:07,174 --> 00:36:09,593 ♪ Never seen eyes so blue, you know 369 00:36:09,675 --> 00:36:12,054 ♪ I could not run away it seemed 370 00:36:12,136 --> 00:36:14,432 ♪ We'd seen each other in a dream 371 00:36:14,516 --> 00:36:16,768 ♪ It seemed like he knew me 372 00:36:16,851 --> 00:36:20,854 ♪ He looked right through me, yeah 373 00:36:24,276 --> 00:36:28,405 ♪ Come on home, girl he said with a smile 374 00:36:28,781 --> 00:36:30,824 ♪ You don't have to love me yet 375 00:36:30,908 --> 00:36:33,203 ♪ Let's get high awhile 376 00:36:33,285 --> 00:36:35,663 ♪ But try to understand 377 00:36:35,746 --> 00:36:38,124 ♪ Try to understand 378 00:36:38,208 --> 00:36:42,045 ♪ Try, try, try to understand 379 00:36:42,128 --> 00:36:44,755 ♪ He's a magic man, mama 380 00:36:44,839 --> 00:36:48,511 ♪ Ah, he's a magic man 381 00:37:01,567 --> 00:37:04,361 All the girls at our school were in love with Trip. 382 00:37:05,445 --> 00:37:07,531 All the girls except for Lux. 383 00:37:08,407 --> 00:37:10,994 Trip told us his passion for Lux started… 384 00:37:11,077 --> 00:37:15,122 …when he went into the wrong history class during fifth period. 385 00:37:15,206 --> 00:37:18,626 He went out to his car to smoke the marijuana he took… 386 00:37:18,710 --> 00:37:23,299 …as regularly as Peter Petrovich, the diabetic kid, took his insulin. 387 00:37:28,429 --> 00:37:31,308 On this particular day he ran into Mr Woodhouse… 388 00:37:31,390 --> 00:37:33,810 …and ducked into the nearest class. 389 00:37:47,742 --> 00:37:51,537 She was the still point of the turning world, man. 390 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,210 I never got over that girl. Never. 391 00:37:58,170 --> 00:38:02,049 I mean… you know, I loved a lot of ladies, but not like that. 392 00:38:02,132 --> 00:38:04,218 That was real. 393 00:38:04,927 --> 00:38:09,098 I'll never forget the first time I saw her. I didn't know what had hit me. 394 00:38:09,807 --> 00:38:11,683 I didn't know what to do… 395 00:38:12,853 --> 00:38:15,563 …cos it was so easy with all the other girls…...