The movie revolves around older times. It situates in Storyville (located in the state New Orleans) during 1917. The specific area which a lot of the movie takes place is the red light district. Violet is twelve and is with a brothel which has many other peers amongst her as well. Throughout the film, it goes along displaying Violet losing her innocence and her life starting to go downhill. Throughout the movie, absinthe was also displayed and played a role in it as well.
Lifestyle
Violet’s lifestyle would be hard to digest from anyone living an easy life. She was one of the few remaining prostitutes in the red light district before prostitution got banned. She also experimented (on a regular basis) with absinthe. The green fairy played a pretty large role in her life. The lifestyle which Violet faces being as a 12 year old prostitute with various problems (including a drinking problem) is one which may be disturbing. The whole movie was rather good with an unbelievable performance by Brooke Shields (playing Violet) and the interpretation of absinthe being consumed early in the 20th century definitely adds a little something to the movie.
Brooke Shield’s character is just one of many (in various movies) that would consume absinthe. It has become rather common now that absinthe would be used to heighten a scene in movies. Various films like Moulin Rouge and From Hell have a lot of scenes which includes consumption of the green fairy. |
