Why is the film called Lantanaanyone?
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MAX-78 — 23 years ago(December 11, 2002 05:22 PM)
Because the film was held up as some art-house masterpiece in Australia and in fact it played out like any b-grade TV cop show.
It also played in every multi-plex as well as every art-house cinema.
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MAX-78 — 19 years ago(January 20, 2007 09:27 AM)
Sorry, it was hard to calculate though my tears of laughter!
And in fact, if you look at what you were responding to, you might find I was right the first time.
Global warming is an indisputable fact and we did it. - rjfme -
JoySparks — 23 years ago(January 15, 2003 03:39 PM)
Lantana is a shrub with small bright flowers on top and a prickly, dense undergrowth. The characters all seem fine on the outside, yet their deceptive and frequently intertwined relationships are well hidden underneath the surface, similar to the shrub.
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x111b3825 — 22 years ago(August 13, 2003 10:19 PM)
Has anyone verified why the title with the author or whoever chose it? If not, everything here is speculative. Not to rock the boat too awfully much, but this about as base as it might beand I hope less than relevant to everyone's lives, though the bickering is often comical here.
Want to see a real laugh riot? Take a look at the craziness on the boards for Mel Gibson's "The Passion," not even to be released until next Ash Wednesday2004 that is for those who don't know.
By the way, the flowers can smell good or bad depending on variety and one's tastes and in the US they are typically grown in the south year 'round and annually in the north. Interesting that they are a weed down under. -
muffinme — 19 years ago(March 01, 2007 02:31 AM)
Its pretty obvious that Lantana is a metaphor used through the entire film.
Duh-
Lantana, a weed that looks very pretty on the outside but is really tangled and inter wound to the point of confusion underneath, this is emblematic to the relationships portrayed.
Obviously, the extended metaphor is used to highlight Lawrence's stance on contemporary relationships.
Not only are pretty much all the themes explored in Lantana (Honesty, love, happiness ect) all linkable to the Lantana plant, it plays a role in the film itself being the catalyst for a number of events.
Its called Lantana for a lot of good reasons.
But all this 'depth' still makes for a boring piece of Australian beep
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mich_tim — 19 years ago(March 13, 2007 02:22 AM)
Lantana is GOOD!
Watch it dont just look at it.
Thats the problem with Northamericanized film viewers,they just see
whats on the screen at the reptilion brain level.
There is a whole subtext that must be postulated in order to VIEW
the story as intended.
Too many filmgoers watch too many films that give them everthing
up front, then when a movie comes along that requires thought they
dismiss it as purile (crap).
So WATCH Lantana once more - there is more going on than meets the eye!
"Trust me I know what I'm doing!"