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The Virgin Suicides : Obviously, Doctor, You’ve Never Been a 13 Year Old Girl (Opening Sequence)

A group of boys reflects on their childhood memories of the Lisbon sisters. Their story begins in 1975 when Cecilia Lisbon (Hanna R. Hall) attempts suicide.

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cut-in, diegetic sound, establishing shot, eyeline match, fade-in, focus, freeze frame, long shot, medium close-up, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, musical theme , narration, narrator, over the shoulder shot, reaction shot, retrospective plot, sound advance, superimposed titles, superimposition, tilt, traveling shot

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White, White: White American

"Obviously, Doctor, You’ve Never Been a 13 Year Old Girl (Opening Sequence)" in The Virgin Suicides. Directed by Sofia Coppola, American Zoetrope, 2000, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=4344

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Sid Bell

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