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CFS Presents THE FLORIDA PROJECT with Sean Baker in Person
Music Box Theatre
Chicago, IL
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CFS Presents THE FLORIDA PROJECT with Sean Baker in Person
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Monday, July 22 @ 7 PM / Music Box Theatre
THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Directed by Sean Baker  2017
Director Sean Baker in person!
This widescreen, candy-colored-but-never-sugar-coated marvel makes us want to visit the Sunshine State like no movie since Kelly Reichardts RIVER OF GRASS. THE FLORIDA PROJECT is a clear-eyed tour of Kissimmee, a land of bed bug-infested residential motels sprung up on the highway in the shadow of Walt Disney World, where outfits like the Magic Castle Motel are held upright by worn-out working men like Bobby (Willem Dafoe), a combination manager, sheriff, and surrogate father figure, too stoic to let his own disappointments reveal themselves to his guests. An unvarnished work about people living on the margins and continually flirting with homelessness, incarceration, and Child Protective Services, THE FLORIDA PROJECT could fit snugly within a classic social problem film framework of an earlier generation, but writer/director/editor Sean Bakers celluloid north star is Hal Roach rather than Stanley Kramer. Six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) could hold her own with Our Gang any day of the week, whether shes spitting on cars over a railing or accidentally setting abandoned buildings ablaze. Her mother Halley (Bria Vinaite) ekes out a living hawking wholesale perfume to befuddled tourists, but her increasingly desperate circumstances dictate a new approach that flies mercifully over Moonees head. This unassuming film is so rigorous in maintaining its childs-eye-view that the eventual rupture is heartbreaking beyond words. Gorgeously photographed in 35mm by Alexis Zabe, who learned a thing or two about keeping up with kids as they run through overgrown brush while shooting Carlos Reygadass Post Tenebras Lux, THE FLORIDA PROJECT was initially distributed as a DCP-only title; we are proud to present the Chicago premiere of this unique print. (KW)
112 min  A24  35mm from A24
Short: Our Gang in The First Round Up (Gus Meins, 1934)  20 min  16mm

Location

Music Box Theatre (View)
3733 N Southport
Chicago, IL 60613
United States

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Kid Friendly: Yes!
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: Yes!
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes!

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Owner: Chicago Film Society
On BPT Since: Sep 06, 2016
 
Chicago Film Society
www.chicagofilmsociety.org...


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