It's actually quite touching

Leopold 2022-03-12 08:01:02

I did a presetnation about this movie last semester and
it was very suffering . I
might not like it very much at the beginning
, because the filming time was relatively early, the technique was not very mature, and it was even a bit clumsy in many places
. The "passionate" play may be the need of the theme. Personally, I think it is a bit blatant~
But the theme of the film is quite profound. Through the love tragedy of a pair of young lovers, it expresses the morality of the Victorian era, especially the sexual repression. A kind of questioning and condemnation....
a poem by Wordsworth is used throughout to reveal its theme and create a sentimental atmosphere ~
William Wordsworth's 1807 Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Reflections of Early Childhood

“Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower
We will grieve not, but rather find
Strength in what remains behind.”

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Splendor in the Grass quotes

  • Bud: Hi, sweetheart.

    Wilma Dean: I suppose you wish I was more like Juanita Howard, don't you ?

    Bud: What ?

    Wilma Dean: I saw the way you were looking at her. I think she's disgraceful. Well, she stand there waiting for the...

    Bud: Now wait a minute, wait a minute. There is no reason in the world why I shouldn't see her.

    Wilma Dean: Then why were you speaking to her...

    Bud: What ? You think I'm not suppose to notice her ? It's that what you expect out of me ? I'm not even suppose to know girls like that exist, eh ?

    Wilma Dean: Bud, I'm sorry. I'm sorry Bud, honest.

    Bud: All right, you're sorry.

    Wilma Dean: Oh Bud, please don't be mad !

    Bud: I'm not mad, Deanie.

    Wilma Dean: Oh Bud, Bud, I just can't stand when you're mad at me...

    Bud: Oh, Deanie I don't know the matter with me lately. I always lose my temper. You're the only girl in the world for me, don't you know that, Deanie ?

  • Wilma Dean: Is it so terrible to have those feelings about a boy?

    Mrs. Loomis: No nice girl does.