BFS films bring sun & sand to November
The Florida Project follows Wednesday, November 29th at 7pm. This screening will take place at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture to accommodate The Ellen’s annual holiday production rehearsal schedule.
Warm, winning, and gloriously alive, director Sean Baker (Tangerine) crafts a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood through the eyes of six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in a stunning breakout turn) and her rebellious mother Halley (Bria Vinaite) over the course of a single summer.
Set at the “Magic Castle,” a budget motel manage by Bobby (a career-best Willem Dafoe) on a stretch of highway just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, Baker has woven a fabulous mosaic of one particular pocket of America’s invisible homeless population — families living hand-to-mouth in motels originally designed to catch the tourist overspill from the flashy theme park resorts across town.
Raves Minneapolis Star Tribune film critic Colin Covert, “The Florida Project doesn’t just show what its characters go through, it observes. It notices. It studies. This is a film that pays attention to the little details that communicate huge feelings.”
Captured by Alexis Zabe’s rapturous cinematography, the sun-washed reality of The Florida Project concludes with a touch of poetry that might break you in two. It’s not a happy ending, but it is, like the rest of the film, pretty much perfect.
“An all-out triumph and an exquisite heartbreaker” – Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press
Rated R, The Florida Project runs 115 minutes and holds a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Advance tickets available at Cactus Records and www.cactusrecords.net. General seating is $10, or $9 for seniors and students. Tickets will also be available for $10 at the door for all seats. The Emerson lobby opens at 6pm, with doors to follow at 6:30pm. Cash and credit cards accepted. Wine and beer available. Sponsors and passholders can pick up their tickets at the BFS table in lobby prior to the show.
Visit www.bozemanfilmsociety.org for film updates, closed caption and descriptive narration information, and BFS Society Pass details.
Coming soon: Mountainfilm on Tour, a collaboration with the dZi Foundation on December 13th at The Ellen Theatre. — Keep ‘Em Flickering! •