this is the first time willem dafoe has not looked like the human embodiment of evil he was truly willem dafriend in this

american honey jr

(but i also don’t wanna minimize this with a joke because??? it made me feel every emotion at once for a full 115 minutes)

Sean Baker's TANGERINE follow-up is an absolute barn-burner, brimming with life and noise and neglect and an all-timer of a performance by Willem Dafoe. Baker definitely finding his groove... endlessly smart move to flip the script on his breakthrough and apply the same energy to a gorgeously shot 35mm slice of Americana that reeks of POST TENEBRAS LUX for a reason. A movingly episodic story of the "missing homeless" living week-to-week in a godawful motel just outside of the Magic Kingdom, the film builds a remarkably comprehensive portrait of life on the margins - and the systems & cycles that keep people there.

35mm at Music Box (Sean Baker there in person)
Personally told Sean Baker afterwards that I wouldn’t just log it as “watched at music box”. He laughed! Nothing new to say besides I never noticed how great and smooth the editing is.

“You know why this is my favorite tree? Because it tipped over, and it’s still growing.”

literal magic, blends american honey and sean bakers previous project tangerine in the most enchanting and immersive way possible. i can’t say anything else that hasn’t already been said, but i truly feel like a kid again.

I have the biggest crush on Willem Dafoe, not romantically, I just want to spend the rest of my life with him

First half was a bit off to watch, but once we get into the second half then I got a grasp of what story it was telling and used to the characters’ actions. Its innocent and you feel for them to the very end. The use of colors omg though, that gets it for me.

Beautiful

give brooklynn her oscar GOD DAMMNIT

What in the fuck is wrong with the last 2 minutes of this movie? I could say that a teaspoon of piss ruins the whole bowl of lemonade but honestly I can look past it here. But still, what in the actual fuck is wrong with the last 2 minutes of this movie?

무지개를 넘어서, 그 큰 플로리다 뒤의 비밀공간, 그 무지갯빛 상상 속의 디즈니랜드로 가기를.
내내 따뜻한 바비아저씨가 나는 너무 좋았다.

oh my god. i don’t think i’ll ever shut up about this movie. it’s so unbelievably perfect and beautiful. i’ve never felt the way this movie made me feel. i was transformed back into a small child. nostalgic for a time that has not existed. so beautiful. captures childhood innocence in adult situations so perefectly. sean bakers ability to make such an ugly place seem so beautiful is insane. and the end. oh the end. absolutely heart wrenching i sobbed for 30 minutes

estava pensando em dar 4 estrelas por causa do começo já que literalmente gritou pra mim: odeio crianças mas o choro no final e vamos de aclamação! aliás elas fugindo pra disney sim tudo!

The kids are brilliant. And gosh I love Willem Dafoe.