I should also mention Hemingway is good here, stripping away most melodrama or easy comedy for just. And, of course, this is intercut with the part that made me go "oh no" out loud to no one in particular when little Starlet temporarily goes awol. Or, other times, he has a heightened sense of pace in some spots and then wisely, as any editor worth his or her or their salt knows, there's got to be some time to calm down on a shot and express space and the lack of a presence, like when they visit the closed down zoo with those empty cages (a stark contrast to a little later when Jane, in her pseudonym, is at a porn convention surrounded by stuff and people and detritus, including her so called airhead friend). It's cinema that throbs with a state of being like a restlessness, which also reflects youth, too. On the surface is could seem to be sloppy in its mis en scene and construction, but that's either ignoring or looking past that it's a deliberate choice and moreover Baker's style reflects this character's heightened state of mind - naturalistic and "documentary to a point, but there's an energy that's different, and this can be seen in Tangerine too. There's some misery and anger and bile and just odd, crude, and rigorously capitalistic times for these characters - in this film, the main character is an actor in porn movies and rooms with a erm less successful and stable one also in the industry and a total dickhead dude-bro (oh James Ransome, quite funny), so her profession is less than what 'normal' society considers respectable - but his film also treats these two main women like fully complicated and spirited people, who can do crappy things and try to do good things and in particular Jane does go into overdrive because it's the only way she knows how. Sean Baker, from the few films I've seen from him, has such a tenacious eye and conviction as a director and hand at editing, and his films (well, this and Tangerine and Florida Project, I haven't seen the earlier ones yet) show people in totally unvarnished humanity, and the jagged edges are what leads concurrently to the pathos.
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Reviewed by Quinoa1984 8 / 10 An unlikely friendship in a very good movie Kudos to the adorable Chihuahua pup pet of Hemingway's :D Heartfelt, heartrending and poignant as all-get out with enough sentiment, humor and plain honesty rarely seen in film today. With almost an improvisatory pseudo-docu/verite style thanks to Baker's collaboration on an original screenplay with Chris Bergoch, the film slowly deepens its main characters with enough empathy and also cringe-worthy moments of anomie (namely the impressively nasty Maeve as Hemingway's skeezy roomie). Remarkable big-screen debut for filmmaker Sean Baker and his incredible star, Hemingway (Mariel's daughter) as a blissfully unaware young up-and-coming porn star in sun-baked Cali who strikes up an unlikely friendship with an elderly woman (equally amazing 'newcomer' Johnson) after purchasing at a yard sale turns out a cache of hidden money instilling a sense of guilt - and for her first time - responsibility enacting her to get close to the off-putting octogenarian. STARLET (2012) **** Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, James Ransone, Stella Maeve. Reviewed by george.schmidt 10 / 10 Heartfelt, heartrending and poignant as all-get out with enough sentiment, humor and plain honesty rarely seen in film today. STARLET is at once provocative, haunting, unpredictable, and surprisingly sweet.-anonymous
Featuring a pair of exceptional debut performances by Dree Hemingway (great granddaughter of Ernest and daughter of Mariel) and 85 year-old Besedka Johnson who received a Special Jury Recognition for her performance at SXSW.
Director Sean Baker continues in the naturalistic style of his previous films, the award-winning and Spirit Award nominees PRINCE OF BROADWAY and TAKE OUT, capturing the rhythms of everyday life with an authenticity rarely seen in cinema. Jane attempts to befriend the caustic older woman in an effort to solve her dilemma and secrets emerge as their relationship grows. After a confrontation between the women at Sadie's yard sale, Jane uncovers a hidden stash of money inside a relic from Sadie's past. Sadie, a widow, passes her days alone, tending to her flower garden. Jane, an aspiring actress, spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates, Melissa and Mikey (Stella Maeve and James Ransone), while caring for her Chihuahua, Starlet. STARLET explores the unlikely cross-generational friendship between 21 year-old Jane (Dree Hemingway), and the elderly Sadie (Besedka Johnson), two women whose worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley.
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