![]() Much is told of her self image as she recites monologues at the back of a public bus. The actual exploration of Tracey's character is certainly the high point of this film. Surprised and flattered by attention she rarely garners, Tracey gets into the car, leaving her younger brother unattended. On a particular winter excursion with her younger brother, Tracey is approached by the new kid at school (her dreamboat) Billy Zero (Slim Twig), who politely invites her into his car. The only person in her life who doesn't seem to mind having her around is her younger brother Sonny, who she has hypnotized into believing he is a dog. Tracey Berkowitz (Ellen Page) is a depressive young woman, who finds herself unwanted by her parents and teased at school. It's not an easy film to digest, and masks a fairly simple and clichéd story with stylistic excess, but it has a very distinct and interesting message of the many moments and fragments that go into a person before a life changing mistake is made.Īs the film is told "in fragments" and the protagonist has a tendency to exaggerate and lie, a great deal of the plot can be left to viewer interpretation. Told through chaotic, blue-tinted, split-screen antics, with many non-diegetic inserts, the film tests audience patience, giving them little linearity or narrative to grasp onto. The Tracey Fragments is a cognitive exploration of a young woman who is repeatedly rejected by everyone in her life and how it impacts her personal identity. The cultural identity is one of self deprecating humour and humble aspirations, as the unconscious feels knowledge of limitation and distance. There are no delusions of grandeur or self importance, as the landscape itself isn't defined by global power, but more so by the lack of interest in such whimsical fancies and heroics. Perhaps this stems from Canadian identity itself, which is inundated with external influence, but separated, and aware of as much. ![]() The Canuck movie circuit is an interesting one, where the true anomaly is normalcy and a happy ending. Tracey is another lost soul in the landscape of Canadian film, where everyone seems to be a victim of isolation, abandonment, incest, hate crimes, and drug addiction or is involved with some sort of sexual deviance. ![]() "My name is Tracey Berkowitz 15 just a normal girl who hates herself." Such is her identity a young woman defined by the perceptions of those around her and how they treat her like junk something to discard. ![]()
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