First collaborating with celebrated indie director Sean Baker on Snowbird—a 2016 short starring Mad Max: Fury Road‘s Abbey Lee—cinematographer Alexis Zabe had no idea at the time that Baker was putting together a trial run with the artists he would bring on to his next feature. That film was The Florida Project, a “Little Rascals of the 21st century” centered on children growing up in poverty near Walt Disney World. With The Florida Project, the idea was to keep one foot…...
- 12/18/2017
- Deadline
With “The Florida Project,” director Sean Baker (“Tangerine”) and Mexican cinematographer Alexis Zabe (“Silent Light”) turned a unique coming-of-age movie about kids living on the fringe of Orlando’s Disney World into “blueberry ice cream with a sour twist.” The movie is a freewheeling “pop verité” of broken dreams built around a cast of mostly non-professionals, and set in a makeshift purple motel appropriately called “The Magic Castle.” But it’s the push-pull between rambunctious six-year-old newcomer Brooklynn Prince and tenderhearted hotel manager Willem Dafoe that propels the drama.
Pop Goes the Verité
And 35mm anamorphic film was the perfect choice to evoke the soft, creamy, imperfect aesthetic Baker was after. “There are fewer and fewer opportunities to work on 35 and I really treasure it,” said Zabe, who shot with the Panavision Millennium xl2 and old E series lenses. “It changes the whole dynamic on set and it plays better...
Pop Goes the Verité
And 35mm anamorphic film was the perfect choice to evoke the soft, creamy, imperfect aesthetic Baker was after. “There are fewer and fewer opportunities to work on 35 and I really treasure it,” said Zabe, who shot with the Panavision Millennium xl2 and old E series lenses. “It changes the whole dynamic on set and it plays better...
- 10/9/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
One of the more memorable elements of Nicolas Winding Refn’s “The Neon Demon” – and there’s really no shortage of them – is the presence of former model and emerging actress Abbey Lee. Lee plays arguably the film’s most deranged character, which is really saying something, and in a film so designed for maximum sensation, Lee’s arch, funny turn is hard to forget (indeed, it landed on our 20 Best Breakthrough Performances Of 2016).
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- 12/25/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project” has found its lead in Willem Dafoe, who stands as the most high-profile actor the “Tangerine” director has worked with to date. Baker has won well-deserved critical acclaim for his body of work, and the success of last year’s “Tangerine” — which premiered at Sundance and was nominated for several Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards — appears to have brought him to wider attention within the industry.
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The film is described as being about “a precocious six-year-old and her ragtag group of close friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility, and a sense of adventure, while their parents and the adults around them struggle with hard times.” While “Tangerine” was noted for being shot on three iPhones, Baker is returning to the world of 35mm for “The Florida Project.”
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Read More: ‘Tangerine’ Director Sean Baker To Helm ‘The Florida Project’
The film is described as being about “a precocious six-year-old and her ragtag group of close friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility, and a sense of adventure, while their parents and the adults around them struggle with hard times.” While “Tangerine” was noted for being shot on three iPhones, Baker is returning to the world of 35mm for “The Florida Project.”
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- 7/12/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Marking his first project since his indie transgender drama "Tangerine" became an award-winning festival darling last year, filmmaker Sean Baker has come up with a new short film for the fashion label Kenzo.
The eleven-minute long piece entitled "Snowbird" stars "Mad Max: Fury Road" actress and model Abbey Lee along with Warhol model Mary Woronov and actor Clarence Williams III and is described as a "dreamy odyssey through Slab City, California".
Baker's "Tangerine" is up for four Independent Spirit Award nominations later this month, including Best Director and Best Feature.
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The eleven-minute long piece entitled "Snowbird" stars "Mad Max: Fury Road" actress and model Abbey Lee along with Warhol model Mary Woronov and actor Clarence Williams III and is described as a "dreamy odyssey through Slab City, California".
Baker's "Tangerine" is up for four Independent Spirit Award nominations later this month, including Best Director and Best Feature.
Source: The Playlist...
- 2/8/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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