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okay here's what i think. Tropico was by no means a cinematic masterpiece. it lacked a cohesive plot line and seemed more like 3 very interesting concepts tied together. this isn't a bad thing though. I kind of liked that it relied so heavily on themes that we're all familiar with. they're the themes lana's constantly sung about through most of career: falling from grace, the concept of sin and hedonism, and redemption. In that sense, Tropico is great expression of the character lana del rey portrays.
 
Furthermore, if we look at Tropico less critically and enjoy it at face value, we have 27 minutes of visually striking material. The colour palette is just absolutely beautiful imo. Especially when we compare each three parts separately. Body Electric looks airy and soft, almost a fantasy world just beyond our grasp with the the blurred pinkish hues. G&M looks much more grungey with focus on that steel blue colour and the contrast of her red lingerie (probs symbolic but let's not go there). Finally we have Bel Air which focuses heavily on yellow/gold tones. idk it's just so pretty. i didn't sit down and watch Tropico expecting an instant classic, but i was entertained and enthralled and that's good enough for me.

Kinda confused why everyone wants to hear old songs redone than NEW material...?

Waits for ppl here to be disappointed in the album after hyping it for 7 months tbh.

Loool I can actually hear this playing in my head right now. It is as terrible as it's hilarious!

Remastered Pawn Shop Blues with one loon call a second, hip hop beats and the Mary Jane sample played throughout the song please.
 
When I *SAY!* pawned the earrings *SAY!* that you gave me *SAY!* *hip-hop beats*

No old songs please 

The way I saw it was that the garden of eden represented her early childhood, everything was beautiful, she was surrounded by the icons that would go on to shape her life, then by a decision she consciously made, she left all that behind with the man she loved, she cast herself into chaos and did what she had to in order to survive. the ending scene is when she finally arrived at the point where she wanted to be. She cast off the black lingerie and reached paradise, but not the same paradise as her childhood, this one is different, she knows more, she's not as innocent, she's learned from her mistakes and she's found her place in life.

I see it like this:
 
The Garden of Eden = Paradise = L.A. (the way she expected it to be)
 
Lana said that The Garden of Eden turned into the Garden of Evil, which is the Land of Gods and Monsters, which is L.A.
Remember the line in "Radio" where she sings: "Now I'm in LA and it's Paradise"
I think the Garden of Eden represents the way Lana imagined it Hollywood/LA to be with Marilyn, Elvis, etc. all being part of it.
She looses her innocent and childish view of it as soon as she's confronted with the truth, she basically took a bite of the truth. Her eyes were opened.

There was no Marylin, Elvis, John in the Bible either, was there? Not everything has to be just like in the bible. 

well it's not really a short film but more of an extremely long music video. it's pretty visuals with a very vague storyline. i really liked the robbing scene, that looked like something out of a movie and charlie is cool af, lana should include him in more stuff. i'm glad we'll never have too see shaun again though (unless she pulls a bradley and he'll be in every video for ultraviolence  )

Some of you saw an earlier version of this already, and I was originally going to post this when Tropico would go live on Vevo but I just wanted to show everyone because I worked hardcore on it! I might make a sequel to this poster since there are so many visuals in the film I want to play with. Let me know what you think.
 
If you want to share it, share it via my Tumblr or my Facebook post
 
I know it's really big, but it's worth the details.
 

I LIKE YOUR ULTRAVIOLENT SWING, I LIKE THE WAY U TREAT ME MEAN 

its gonna be a screamo album 

xcuse u. srsly tho why dnt u like BB?

People at the venue were given this

I'm sitting in the theatre now, it's very large, dark and regal in here so perfectly fitting
 
there's a huge VIP area with name plates for certain people I wasn't able to see them all but I saw anthony mandler's name on one of the seats in the upper center

yes bae 
 

 
i'm gonna go get fried chicken and waffles at roscoes before i try and grab another ticket lmao 

awww yeee shout out 2 ata

This is messsssssy

i really wish there was a way i could go 

i really wish there was a way i could go 

i really wish there was a way i could go 

OMG, BY THE HANDS OF FATE
I WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT 
I AM GOING TO MAKE IT 
I AM GOING TO STEP ON PEOPLE
STAB, SUCK, PUSH, OR CUT 
I WILL FUCKING MAKE IT 

omggg so jealous of americans rn

A FAREWELL (TO PARADISE) PROJECT