Here’s some good news.
After “Tangerine,” “The Florida Project” and Red Rocket,” Sean Baker shot and completed his new movie back in March.
The film is being described as a “love story” that takes place in Las Vegas and Upstate New York. In December, Production Weekly had listed the working title as “Anora.”
No plot details were mentioned to me except that it was a two-month shoot. I’m sure we’ll be learning more about this one later this year, although I’m also hearing that it’s very much a 2024 release.
There’s a fascinating movement going on in American indie cinema. Sean Baker and the Safdies are creating what I like to call “Gutter Poetry,” cinema out of the American middle and lower class. It’s resulted in some great films these last few years.
It is with a sense of freedom, freshness and energy that, in Baker’s mise-en-scenes, from the camera to the non-professional actors, his films map contemporary America in such illuminating fashion.
With his last three films, Baker has cemented his status as one of the best working American directors today.
Thatcher shows up on-screen for, at most, 10 seconds. She looks remarkably like Thatcher and comes off as almost too polished, non-human like. Further clues are pointing at AI.