In the movie, it’s clear that it’s not just wanting fancy stuff that drives the teenagers to steal– it’s the whole lifestyle that the stuff symbolizes. She wanted to look pretty.” Nancy Jo Sales, “The Subjects Wore Louboutins” The Lifestyle Trumps All I know it sounds dumb, but Rachel just wanted the clothes. Meanwhile, Prugo said that he and his accomplices never discussed “why”. A group of their friends eventually join in on the burglaries, including model/actress-wannabe Nicki (based on real-life Alexis Neiers). The movie follows Marc, based on real-life Nick Prugo, as he goes along with Rebecca (based on real-life Rachel Lee) into celebrity homes and begins stealing all sorts of expensive clothes, watches, and other celebrity possessions. Obsessed with the fancy clothes, accessories, and other things that their celebrity idols owned, they entered the celebrities’ homes (hitting some of the homes multiple times) taking what they wanted so that they could emulate the rich and famous. If there is a movie out there that shows the consequences of putting celebrity, wealth, and material possessions above all else, it’s Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring.īased on Nancy Jo Sales’ article in Vanity Fair, “ The Subjects Wore Louboutins,” The Bling Ring attempts to tell the real-life story of the teenagers who were behind the Hollywood Hills Burglaries.
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