I dance just basically all the time now. Andrea Arnolds American Honey features numerous mise-en-scnes in which the American flag is billowing in the wind. The first house Jake and Star try to sell. They have great taste in pop culture, and guess what? Were any of them people who had been in a mag crew, selling magazines door to door? So it was kind of a mixed thing. GROSS: Now, I read that you hosted a couple of teen shows in England. GROSS: Me? Arnolds American Honey its name: Steady as a preacher/Free as a weed/Couldnt I'm always impressed when filmmakers know exactly what they're doing. It's actually far more complicated and hard work and actually the people who do it are amazing. people, led by a flirtatious Jake (Shia LaBeouf), offer a way out for Star. follows Star on adventures in the magazine sales trade, bringing her back to During this time, she worked on the second draft of the script and used the opportunity to meet with potential casting directors. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). Academy Slaps Down New Rules After Andrea Riseborough, Tom Cruise, Michelle Yeoh Controversies 1.33:1 style and it creates a visually fascinating aesthetic. The characters in American Honey have cut themselves loose from their parents (the implication is that they probably had good reason to i.e., they came from An additional accomplice might be the films director, in that it appears her fascination with such disreputable characters as Star and Jake borders on outright sympathy and misguided approbation. Krystal calls Star to her room and informs her she has let Jake go, that she paid him money for each girl he recruited, and that he slept with all of them. American Honey Add them by logging in. American Honey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). [5][6] The film also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2016,[47][48] Fantastic Fest,[49] and the BFI London Film Festival on 7 October 2016. Just like the rest of us. GROSS: Who need a way out of the situation that they're in. Star does, and makes the sale. And she's kind of got a thing for him now. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed. I got - actually got a place but I needed to get a grant in order to go there because it was away from home. The music serves as an essential component of the film and adds to its impact, helping to bring its themes to life. [29][30][31] In late May 2015, production was reported in Mission Hills, Kansas and areas of Kansas City, Missouri,[32][33] as well as Missouri Valley, Iowa. GROSS: Watching the kids go by. Jake does his magazine spiel, which involves reeling off a dozen lies with the speed of an unflappable executive. I don't know how the hell you do that. A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest wit Read allA teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits. The main character (Finn Whitrock) was dead by the midway point eaten by Alma (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), who gets away in the end. Andrea Arnold, the British filmmaker who became a critics darling with movies like Fish Tank and Wuthering Heights, has directed American Honey in a style that might be described as hip-hop Dardenne brothers. American Honey and the neverending She told me that actually towards the end - which I think this happens because a lot of the managers in the mag crews have been people who have been in the mag crew for a long time and then they become managers, they're people who are good at it and then become managers - she said that she hit someone at one point because they hadn't sold very much. (Hustling, it turns out, really is harder than making an honest living.) The following morning, the crew get in the car and there is a new girl there, while Jake is missing. I think that that has to unravel in the film, and I leave room for people to put themselves - or to work it out or to go argue in the bar afterwards. I'm not sure which it is. Alt-Fall Movie Preview 2016: Docs, Horror Flicks and the Truly Demented, A few days later, Arnold was on the beach and spotted Lane whod been attending college in Texas before the filmmaker approached her just relaxing with her brother and friends. And in "American Honey," the way out is joining this magazine crew. We have leaflets, you know, we have numbers they can call, you know. Quickly, she encounters a group of teenagers in a nearby mega-store and sees a American Honey Thats at the very end of the film when people sort of bittersweetly know its going to end and theyve been on this journey together, says Oh. Yet it's constantly, engrossingly active, spinning and sparking and exploding in cycles like a Fourth of July Catherine wheel. film anyone could call a romance. And when I'm writing them - I mean, when I was writing that scene, I didn't kind of expect that to happen. GROSS: Oh, it's fake tan. He offers her a job if she comes with him and his group to Kansas. Krystal pairs Star up with her best salesperson, Jake, entrusting him with showing her the ropes as they go door to door. She wants to become a professional dancer. So it was tremendous training and a very good kind of - it was home for me for a long time. The film stars Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf and Riley Keough. [35] On 9 June, production was taking place in Omaha, Nebraska and Grand Island, Nebraska. Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk-Rock Troubadour, Dead at 84 That was my sense from talking to a lot of these kids. But it's well done and I like that it's dialogue was mostly unscripted and most of the actors are real people taken from the streets. (2:01) Krystal plays this song as the girls exit the car and start dancing along to the song. Star has a dream too, of sorts: She fantasizes that she can be with Jake, that theyll move to a shack somewhere and have lots of kids. WebThe stable camera signalled the ending for the viewer. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Star is picked up by three strangers in cowboy hats who offer to help her, thinking she is being harassed by Jake. the country. All the Time (feat. The warning should speak to all of us, because its not about the perils of too much sex and drugs and heavy-beat rap & roll, though those things are connected to it. So I went to an audition just out of the blue. Currently you are able to watch "American Honey" streaming on fuboTV, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Showtime Amazon Channel, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Showtime, DIRECTV, Paramount+ Showtime. Star finds it difficult to sell as Jake lies to a potential customer in order to make money. speeding down the freeway. We all remember those years when we couldnt sit stillwhen That night, Krystal calls Star in and tells her that Jake has posted his lowest sales ever. This is FRESH AIR. "American Honey" is a coming-of-age drama film directed by Andrea Arnold and written by Arnold, from a story by photographer and writer Larry Clark. Its often a push and pull between what we Theres a certain mythology that has coalesced around the Millennials, and that mythology says: The Millennials area terrific generation, sympathetic and enlightened, free of so many of the prejudices about race, gender, and sexuality that have hindered those older than they are. The Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf characters are going door to door. And that if we try to explain things too much then you take out the fun of the film. Packing her belongings while Nathan is in another room, Star secretly escapes and takes the children to the club where their stepmother Misty dances. (0;54) After making sales at the houses, Pagan asks the crew to change the song. I didnt know that much about all that., Still, there was the matter of finding Star. in a story of youth. Yet you also cant help but notice that this dance explosion in the chain store has a frayed recklessness about it. Jake offers Star a job before his crew picks him up at the parking lot. The crew arrive at a suburban neighborhood. years. The film stars newcomer Sasha Lane as Star, a young woman who joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and follows her journey as she navigates the challenges of life on the road. I don't know when we go into that thing how it's going to work out. GROSS: Yes, right. Star is interviewed by the crew's leader, Krystal, who hires her after she establishes that Star is a legal person, that no one will miss her, and that she promises to work hard. And that's how we actually found Sasha. See, 'cause in Jake's book, there's one step - not five, just one. This is FRESH AIR. Interestingly, I have met a bunch of people who come from Middle America, and they said, Oh, you really captured it for me. Read Next: Pedro Pascal in Final Talks to Join Ridley Scotts Gladiator Sequel, That Old Jack Black Magic: As the Villain of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the Actor Gives His Peachiest Performance in Years, Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World Review: Its Conventional but Delivers, Four Quartets Review: A Film of Ralph Fiennes One-Man Show Channels the Majesty of T.S. WebThe triple symbol ending seams to too abruptly and precisely define our conclusions. So Wal-Mart car lot in spring break down in Panama City Beach is just rocking. American Honey Movie Review | Common Sense Media What are we doing when we get there? Learn More{{/message}}. There were shows that I hadn't heard of because I don't think they've been on in the U.S. eventually Star as he probably senses his youthful days are coming to an end. The following day, annoyed by Jake, Star vows to outsell him. And I'm going around with my paws out, trying to be a cat. So I went to that audition, and I thought I'm just going to go around the stage like a cat. What do you tell them so that you don't sound totally crazy and that you don't sound like, you know, a pervert trying to get them into some kind of trap? Star then immerses herself fully before rising out of the water. Jake, however, fearing the worst, arrives and threatens the men with a gun before stealing their car. The crew sing along to this song in the van as they exit Motel 6. She's trying things on. The characters in American Honey have cut themselves loose from their parents (the implication is that they probably had good reason to i.e., they came from abusive households), and because they make cash with their magazine semi-scam, the result is that theyre free. Or, as one of their favorite lyrics puts it: I make my own money, so I spend it how I like,/Im just living life,/And let my mama tell it, nigga,/I aint living right. Theyre free to fight, and smoke dope, and laugh like demons, and jump around naked in front of the campfire, and give each other the hugs they never got. And it is a film in which Theyre free to be to do nothing in the world, really, but exist. What American Honey Says About the Kids: No, Theyre I don't really know what's going to happen. (If I got asked to do a film festival jury somewhere in America or do a talk, Id get them to fly me far away from where it was, and then Id drive.) And she spent time with mag crews, soaking in their environment. [41], Other songs featured in the film but not included in the soundtrack are:[45], In January 2016, A24 acquired distribution rights to the film. Carnage, iLoveMakonnen, D. Blackmon & M. Sheran. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR, and if you're just joining us, my guest is Andrea Arnold. I learned so much about cameras and about putting things together and all the kind of things that I use now in what I do. So we do our utmost to make them feel safe. [60][61][62] Variety placed Sasha Lane's performance in the film at number 3 on their list of the 9 breakout performances of the 2016 Toronto Film Festival. Star climbs in the back of their truck and tries to sell to them, but one of the oil workers tells her he'll pay her five hundred dollars to go on a date with him. American Honey - Final Scene - YouTube Star is living in Muskogee, Oklahoma. They - they're both broke. Star enters a house and meets several affable children whose mother is on drugs. In a decade-end list, Christgau named it the third-best album of the 2010s. I think, how do they know? played in their entirety. When they get there, they disperse into groups of two. M idway through American Honey, the film pulls in to the kerb, the action pauses for breath, and the heroine discusses her dreams with a passing trucker. For the 70th BAFTA Awards, American Honey received a nomination for Best British Film. ARNOLD: Some people can move one cheek different to the other. I think - yeah, this is kind of - this is a little strong, but I'm going to go with it. GROSS: So what stories did you hear from the one person who you cast who had actually done this sort of work? Usually, theyre at a party, they put some music on, but theyre all dancing to something else, so the rhythms a bit off. But I just went for it. All rights reserved. And I ended up doing it for quite a few years. And theres Yet it tells only half the story of the kids today. But if I explain it, I feel like then we take the mystery of film away. gang, joining them on this journey. - in England? I work with casting directors, and they kind of - people who have done this before and they will go out to, like, places where the kind of people we're looking for might hang out. So, you know, I think it's, you know - that if I make another film and it's about people who are 60 that maybe I have worked some stuff out at last. It looks a lot like the scraggly last stand of teen rebellion. Jake is suddenly back on the team and gives Star a turtle, which she releases into a lake, immersing herself in the water, during the groups celebratory bonfire. How new movie 'American Honey' turned a Texas college student into a star, gave Shia LeBeouf his comeback and offered a voice to our nation's unheard. Filmmaker Andrea Arnold On 'American Honey' And Preserving I got to meet people and do things and travel and see the world. Is it really enough though? Normally, music comes at the end, she says. WebAmerican Honey (2016) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Andrea Arnold Writing Credits (in alphabetical order) Cast (in credits order) Produced by Cinematography by Robbie Ryan Film Editing by Joe Bini Casting By Lucy Pardee Jennifer Venditti Production Design by Kelly McGehee Art Direction by Lance Pagan: You know what Darth Vader looks like beneath that mask? Lil Wayne & Natasha Mosley), Jeremih, Lil Wayne, Jeremy Felton, Matthew O'brien, Natasha Mosley, Tricon Markous Roberts & Dwayne Carter. [17] In March 2015, casting took place in Oklahoma in preparation for a summer shoot. And through kind of teasing and flirtation and teaching her how to use his video camera, Michael Fassbender's character eventually seduces the teenage girl into having sex with him. Oh no! American Honey is a movie that takes the temperature of youth culture in a way that no movie has in years. American Honeys ending is ambiguous. for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language throughout, drug/alcohol abuse-all involving teens. The songs were compiled by producer Julia Oh, music supervisors Earworm Music, Andrea Arnold, and the films cast. WebThat's the genius and pain of American Honey: the depiction of a world that seems unlimited but which offers no sense at all of how to take advantage of that And I think the mystery in films is really important. GROSS: Wait. So I never officially did it, but I was always dancing. I didn't realize that. Soon afterward shes picked up by three middle-aged Texas cowboys who agree to buy a large amount of her magazines if shes willing to swallow a worm from the bottom of a glass of Mezcal (a strong Mexican alcoholic beverage). For a while, things between Jake and Star are tense, and Krystal threatens to drop her on the side of the road if she keeps causing trouble. "Recharge and Revolt" by The Raveonettes and "Dream Big Baby" by Bruce Springsteen add an element of defiance and rebelliousness, reflecting the film's themes of youthful rebellion. Once you get this one step down, you're the chief of the tribe. What is the streaming release date of American Honey (2016) in Canada? And he kind of plays the potential boyfriend to her and kind of seduces her to come along. Everybody She's got a boat load of stuff. This is a not a film tied to plot. And she wants to look brown all the time (laughter). You know, like, what have I - what's happening? Arnold became inspired by lives of American youths in "magazine crews" who travel the United States selling magazine subscriptions, an occupation that has caused controversy in the United States. creates a privacy, a sense that were in the van with Star and the rest of the The new movie "American Honey," which won the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, was written and directed by my guest Andrea Arnold. All rights reserved. And it's something that I'd loved doing and felt that would - might be some way in which I could earn a living. In late 2013, Arnold was the Filmmaker-in-Residence at the New York Film Festival. Where theyre going to take her isnt as important as the idea that theyre For theres a competing energy out there (seen more in those who have less), one thats brilliantly evoked by American Honey. The movie is abouta girl trying to escape a world of no hope, but she does it by joining a group of outsiders who cant connect with anyone outside themselves. Both Star and Jake are not exactly what you would call upright, law-abiding citizens. Each song is carefully chosen and perfectly integrated into the film, and the soundtrack as a whole provides a fitting accompaniment to the film's story. And I just went to the audition kind of because I saw it. Still, she wastes too much time (the film clocks in at around a lugubrious two and a half hours)covering her mindless magazine subscription agents as they boorishly interact inside their van heading to one city after another. But where some might suspect Arnold cast him to capitalize or comment on his bizarre public persona, the filmmaker insists she wasnt even aware. Lane plays Star, a rebellious teenager residing in the aforementioned Muskogee, who is taking care of two children when she runs into Jake (Shia LaBeouof) at a local K-Mart parking lot. ARNOLD: (Laughter) I just want to get one of your facts straight. magazine sales group who collects the cash and makes the assignments.
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