Talk:Swimming Pool (2003 film)

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I dont understand the end of the movie, when Julie is a different person. Or looks different I should say.


 * The different girl at the end of the movie is the real Julie, whom Sarah Morton has never met before. The girl in the French house, only exists in Sarah's mind. The entire going-ons in France is Sarah's fantasy/day-dreams which she puts into her new FICTION book. Dyl 14:29, May 10, 2005 (UTC)


 * Interesting interpretation, but is it definitive? The English girl is addressed as Julia, not Julie, but that hardly proves anything.TjoeC (talk) 15:34, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I think that the story is about incest and at the end we are seeing the daughter of the Julie and her father. I haven't seen the movie in a while but I remember seeing different signs pointing to that.


 * I recommend seeing the film again. The father/publisher is in the film only for a few minutes, so I really doubt that the story is about father and daughter relationship. Dyl 03:45, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Are there any theory that explain the movie ?

I do not beleive that Julie only existed in Sahrah Mind (so Marcel's Daughter is?)


 * The publisher's daughter exists in real life. The real-life daughter is the more average-looking girl at the end of the movie whom Sarah meets in the publisher's office. The sexier girl at the house is only in Sarah's imagination. Dyl 06:59, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

At the end of the move, you see a flash back to the house in France. Sarah is standing on the balcony and waving at a girl getting out of the pool: the girl is the 'real' Julie, the more average looking English girl. Does this not prove that the sexy, French Julie was just in Sarah's imagination? Sarah obvioulsy knows the English Julie when she meets her in the publisher's office, as she says hello to her by name. 82.45.221.120 14:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Not true, Sarah brushes politely past her and the receptionist greets her by name.TjoeC (talk) 15:34, 28 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Any sources mention the prominent vertical scar on the French Julie's abdomen? It did not look like an appendectomy or a c section, so what else would create a long vertical scar? She claimed it was from a car accident, but Sarah seemed not to believe her. Edison 22:21, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

I would say that almost everything that happened in the house actually happened - but in reality the girl was a younger, more average looking girl. It makes the events a lot more disturbing in that context. But Sarah brings in elements of the character in her novel into what we "see" happen in the reality. 2/12/08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.143.202.168 (talk) 04:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

The simplest explanation is that the French Julie is the mistress's daughter, and the English Julia is the legitimate daughter mentioned by John at 6:50 as an excuse as to why it might be dificult to visit Sarah ..."I have my daughter." Whether the French Julie and all her scenes are real or just Sarah's imagination or writings is difficult to say and prove.

And note the red dress Sarah is wearing at the end when she waves to Julia and then Julie. Is it not the same red dress that was already in the closet when Sarah was unpacking? So does that make it Julie's mother's dress? And representing perhaps Sarah's longing to be John's wife and/or mistress, and mother to his children?TjoeC (talk) 15:34, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I think the point of the film is that what is reality and what isn't is not clearly distinguishable

--Crio de la Paz (talk) 02:27, 21 November 2012 (UTC).

Original Research?
The Interpretation section, which I just cleaned up, has no reference/sources. Could whoever wrote it find the article that they read this in and source it? Otherwise, it looks like original research, or possibly even a bulletin board discussion of the film. Zepheus 18:00, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree. I haven't had the time to re-watch the movie to see if the whole color interpretation is plausible. I vote to remove it. Sounds pretty ridiculous to me. Dyl 06:55, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * There are a number of reviews attempting to interpret this film on the web. Problem is, most of them don't seem notable. This link might be useful for this page. And of course the Rotten Tomatoes page. Here's an analysis by a man who supposedly has a PHD, but doesn't appear to have been published. Zepheus 07:22, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that mrqe website. After reading through 10 reviews by professional movie critics, I did not see one mention of the red/blue symbolist interpretation. So it's original (& silly) content. I'm removing it from the article. Dyl 13:48, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Nothing like some good old teamwork. Did you see any themes in those articles that came up multiple times? Zepheus 16:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The only theme I read was what is mentioned in this article. Since the reviewers don't want to spoil the movie, they're hinting at Sarah's imagination vs reality. Dyl 16:55, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Okay. I'm not sure that we're going to find many/any in-depth analyses of this movie. I'll read some of those reviews and see if I can generally translate what they're saying. There is also an article about the movie in the magazine Cineaste, a fairly famous cinema magazine. I think that they might have a better analysis of the movie, but the article isn't available online (as far as I can tell). If I feel the need, I'll hit the library here and photocopy the article (if it's useful). Heheh, then I'll really be a serious Wikipedian. - Zepheus 21:17, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I did it. I went to the library and photocopied the review from Cineaste. I'm not sure if it has any special insight, but it's probably written with a different reader in mind than other reviews. I'll see if there is anything particularly useful and post it here. - Zepheus 05:21, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Although I did not write the interpretation section, the content was mine and it came from an IMDB post under the username Lord X-2. Although some may say it sounds ridiculous, upon viewing it again you WILL see the color cues there in a way that goes beyond coincidence. Mine was just an original interpretation of the visual/color cues.


 * Much of the summary is still surmisal and OR.TjoeC (talk) 15:35, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

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