There is a ville where called pleasanville

Dawn 2021-11-16 08:01:26

David, played by Tobey Maguire, is a boy who has an incomplete family in real life and is timid and afraid to talk to a girl he likes. In his eyes, the pleasantville is perfect, and he yearns for the life inside. But his sister Jenniffer is bold and open and even bitching.

When they lived in Pleasantville for a period of time, they changed their original lives more or less. David was able to soak up girls, Jennifer changed from a little elder sister to a lady; and pleasantville also changed a lot because of him. (Sex, knowledge, art, rain, possibility, color) But the alternation of the old and the new culture will definitely cause disagreements. Bright colors will be merged into black and white, and people will panic and split into teams. Over time people will assimilate. The changes in David's siblings and the town can be said to be the crystallization of the alternation of two cultures.

But this color shift can not only represent culture.

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Extended Reading
  • Camryn 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    while....no stunts in 98...just an irony and reflection of the changing culture of the times. Pretty good.

  • Hattie 2021-11-16 08:01:26

    Authentic color revolution! I found myself very fond of the 60s fan, just like subconsciously.

Pleasantville quotes

  • [first lines]

    [David is gazing admiringly at a pretty blonde girl]

    David: *Hi*

    [chuckles]

    David: I mean, Hi. Uh, look, you probably don't think I should be asking you this. I mean, not knowing you well and all? I mean, you know, I, I, I know you, 'cause everybody knows you. I just don't know you technically. Uh, anyhow. Uh, I don't know what you're doing this weekend, but my mom's leaving town, and she's letting me borrow the car.

    [the camera pulls back to show that the girl is standing several dozen feet away and, in fact, is smiling and looking at another boy]

    David: [Looks down at the ground, disappointed with himself, but still keeping his tone cheerful] Okey-dokey, so, just give me a call; let me know. Bye!

  • [Montage of teachers talking to David's classes]

    College Counselor: For those of you going on to college next year, the chance of finding a good job will actually decrease by the time you graduate. The available number of entry-level jobs will drop 31 percent over the next four years. Median income for those jobs will go down as well. Obviously, my friends, it's a competitive world, and good grades are your only ticket through. In fact, by the year 2000...

    Health Teacher: The chance of contracting HIV from a non-monogamous lifestyle will climb to 1 in 150. The odds of dying in an auto accident are only 1 in twenty-five hundred. Now, this marks a drastic increase...

    Science Teacher: ...from fourteen years ago, when ozone depletion was just at 10 percent of its current level. By the time you are thirty years old, average global temperature will have risen two and a half degrees, causing such catastrophic consequences as typhoons, floods, widespread drought, and famine.

    [Cut to David absorbing all this grim information and looking really depressed]

    Science Teacher: [With a bright smile:] Okay! Who can tell me what "famine" is?