July 09, 2019

The "meet cute" from The Rules Of Attraction. A perfect pairing of Sound & Vision



The Rules Of Attraction is a film about the rich and shameless students of Camden college, a fictional liberal arts college in New England. It was written by Brett Easton Ellis so as you can imagine it's full of venal seedy people who only look out for themselves. Except for Lara. Lara's lovely. Life hasn't ruined her. Yet. She's full of the joys of spring and she's loving life.

Sean Bateman (brother of Patrick, the nutter from Ellis's American Psycho) is a vile individual. An egotistical sleaze who only looks out for number one. He's slimy, he's filthy and he's working his way through the female population of Camden College.

One Saturday morning they meet to the sounds of Donovan's Colours and we get a perfect pairing of sound & vision.



Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
In the morning, when we rise
In the morning, when we rise
That's the time, that's the time
I love the best
Blue's the colour of the sky-y
In the morning, when we rise
In the morning, when we rise
That's the time, that's the time
I love the best
Look at those words. So full of hope and optimism. Lyrics doubled for the split screen effect. Look at the smile on her face. Look at the smile on his face. Oh Lara. What a moment though. The split creating a distance between them and making us realise they couldn't be more different. Then the film brings them together. The sanguine music kicks off again. But you know it won't end well for her. And it doesn't. 
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