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Reckless, fearless, joyous, always-moving youth. Something about that just calmed me. And at that point she realized that she suddenly kind of questioned herself, like, oh, I've gone too far. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. In the center of it all is Sasha Lane as Star, just as bright (if not brighter), and (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. I dance just basically all the time now. Arnold's latest film, which won the Jury Prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of a group of abandoned teenagers who travel together selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door. You were a dancer - right? [41] The soundtrack was released digitally by UMe on September 30, 2016. GROSS: Wait. Yet it's constantly, engrossingly active, spinning and sparking and exploding in cycles like a Fourth of July Catherine wheel. In a series of dynamic, episodic scenes, the young woman dives into this unusual work, enduring her domineering boss (a sexy, trashy Riley Keough) and falling in love with her cocky supervisor Jake (a revelatory Shia LaBeouf) as they encounter cowboys and oil workers, meth addicts and prickly religious suburbanites. Andrea Arnolds As Star's own mother died of a meth overdose, she feels sympathetic toward them and goes out to buy them groceries. And I actually - I remember going for an audition for "Cats," which I thought, maybe all we have to do is go around the stage like a cat, you know, be like a cat. In the 163-minute movie that follows, a lot more of the latter gets done than the former. That - I felt when all of the people I talked to, that was pretty - I'm actually really happy you picked up on that little moment because that was really important to me, the no one's going to miss you thing. Jake returns to the crew as they sing along to this song. American Honey is a 2016 road drama film written and directed by Andrea Arnold. The film stars Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf and Riley Keough. American Honey follows Star (Lane), a young girl from a troubled home, who runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest selling magazine subscriptions door to door. I do believe she did have some growth in The website's critical consensus reads, "American Honey offers a refreshingly unconventional take on the coming-of-age drama whose narrative risks add up to a rewarding experience even if they don't all pay off. GROSS: That's all right. of those teenage years thats hard to capture on filma sense of constant Even when they stop at a motel to break, they use the chance to dance in the parking lot. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Arnolds American Honey its name: Steady as a preacher/Free as a weed/Couldnt widescreen vistas of the heart of the country, but its effective because it Why am I doing - you know, how did I get here? [52][53], American Honey received mostly positive reviews upon its premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Star I suppose recognises that Jake is a quintessential bad boy and agrees to have sex with him, consummating their burgeoning romance. 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. GROSS: Who kind of lures her in. When theyre And I'm trying to unravel it and work it out. It shines in citrus-influenced cocktails or sipped as a digestif, but bourbon fans may find it too sweet and lacking complexity. So it was tremendous training and a very good kind of - it was home for me for a long time. The girl appears to be about15, but we can see shes already halfway out the door to Spring Break. I dont have a television and I dont read the papers. Yet to watch it is to touch something beautiful and broken in the heart of the first generation of Americans since the 50s who feel like they dont have the luxury to dream, and as a result haveforgotten how. Its the least moralistic youth movie imaginable, and thats exactly why its such a potent warning. ARNOLD: Oh, that's so personal (laughter). Yet when you see American Honey, you may feel that teenage rebellion, for the first time, has gone about as far as it can go that its reached a point where its consuming itself. (1:07) Kystal plays this song as Jake applies lotion on her legs. 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. They both give terrific performances, but most of the cast is comprised of teenagers with no acting experience, including the lead Sasha Lane, who plays a girl who runs away and joins the mag crew. And when I wrote that, I thought this is kind of strange. So we can show them that and say look this is a real thing (laughter). One of our casting directors suggested him, she says, and I thought, Oh, thats a really interesting idea. So I met with him, and he has a huge energy. Basically, as soon as they open the door and look at you, that's the critical moment. Theres an energy to the hazy days The films allure is that its not just a story, its an immersion,a verit rhapsody about the live pulse of kids in the age of corporate nihilism. Andrea Arnolds American Honey features numerous mise-en-scnes in which the American flag is billowing in the wind. They were - they were not thinking really about the magazines. But I never got one. And in "American Honey," the way out is joining this magazine crew. But she has to report to Krystal, who's really hardened, tough woman who runs the crew. ARNOLD: I mean, I do this pretty much on almost all my films. it. ARNOLD: I don't know. [35] On 9 June, production was taking place in Omaha, Nebraska and Grand Island, Nebraska. 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, oh, you know, my dad, he died in Iraq. So, yeah, I can't talk about that. This group of smiling, jumping, dancing Oh, she's like putting fake tan on and just thought, oh, Crystal's been to the shop. American Honey could, admittedly, have used more than a few cuts itself, but you can see why Arnold didnt: this is a film about a journey, physical and figurative, without a destination and could never have been a tight 90 minutes. [55][56][57] The film holds a 79% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 218 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. 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. engaginga testament to Arnolds direction. grilling meat by a pool, oil fields blazing at night, a trucker listening to Packing her belongings while Nathan is in another room, Star secretly escapes and takes the children to the club where their stepmother Misty dances. of community they have created and that they need so badly. [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. moment near the end in which they all start slowly singing along to the same Star follows them to a local Kmart and sees Jake dance to "We Found Love" on top of the registers before being forced out of the store. 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Swim: Baptism, cleansing, new life, new beginnings, rebirth. The main character (Finn Whitrock) was dead by the midway point eaten by Alma (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), who gets away in the end. The film's music serves as an essential component of the film, adding to its atmosphere and helping to bring its themes to life. Nathan is singing along to this song in another room as Star and the kids sneak out the house. In the car on the way to Kansas, Star meets the other members of the crew. And I wouldn't want to try and uncomplicate them for anybody who is about to see the film. The music serves as an essential component of the film and adds to its impact, helping to bring its themes to life. WebThe triple symbol ending seams to too abruptly and precisely define our conclusions. Where theyre going to take her isnt as important as the idea that theyre ARNOLD: Yeah, it wasn't kind of - I've always loved dancing all my life. See, 'cause in Jake's book, there's one step - not five, just one. The crew arrive at a suburban neighborhood. And then I was thinking, well, Crystal - what's she doing? For decades, teen rebellion has been the cutting edgeof sexual revolution (how to dress, dance, hook up),and who wants to take a stand against that? [37] Filming wrapped on 5 July 2015. "[65] Eric Kohn of Indiewire was enthusiastic, writing that American Honey "proves Andrea Arnold is one of the best working filmmakers and finds a breakout star in Sasha Lane," and that "It's the closest thing to a magnum opus in Arnold's blossoming career. It's like, a couple of the other agents are really rigid about the five - the five sales steps and all this [expletive], so they'll pick a spiel that's, like, some sad [expletive], like mama's got cancer or my foot is falling off. It's about a group of teenagers who are abandoned, are homeless and have become something of a family traveling together by van from town to town, state to The crew dances along the bonfire as Star takes a swim in the lake. It had a lot of resonance for me just the world and what it involved, and all these kids coming from quite difficult places where they dont have too much family. He offers her a job if she comes with him and his group to Kansas. We meet Star (Sasha Lane) in a dumpster, looking for food. So your 2009 film "Fish Tank" also started a teenage girl who wasn't a professional actress. Theres a key In a decade-end list, Christgau named it the third-best album of the 2010s. Why did you want to make a film about this kind of relationship? This vibrant road-trip movie follows a directionless teen named Star (played by luminous first-timer Sasha Lane) who gets involved with a crew of fellow lost souls selling magazines door-to-door. "[66] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "A road movie without a map that nonetheless arrives at a worthwhile destination," and wrote, "The film works best as a poignant character study, observing Star as she settles into her independence and figures out who she wants to be, framed by a vast physical landscape that stretches socioeconomically from privileged wealth to squalid poverty. In a later shot it's white again - the same color as the rest of the car. You would think that Star would fit right in here but her surly demeanor prevents her from being a particularly good salesperson.Star soon runs afoul of the groups leader, Krystal, an all-business supervisor who sees a potential problem with her new hires inability to interact effectively with customers. They flirt and charm their way into selling a product that no one really wants. Here we go. The answer is that she came here and did her research and even discovered the films star, newcomer Sasha Lane, who was sunbathing on a beach while on spring break from college. And she plays a teenager whose mother is an alcoholic and pays little attention to her, and the mother has a new boyfriend played by Michael Fassbender. But I've never been trained in any way. How did the image come to you of getting Shia LaBeouf on his knees, massaging - lotioning the legs of the crew leader? GROSS: I thought you danced on "Top Of The Pops," the pop music show. It tells a good story, about a girl named Star (Sasha Lane), 18 years old, with Rasta Barbie braids and a skeptical smirk, who joins a wolfpack of kids in their late teens and early twenties who live on the road, traveling from one cookie-cutter motel to the next, making money by hustling magazine subscriptions door-to-door. 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. So she knocks on Krystal's motel room door, and Krystal starts, like, telling her what to do. So she's got Jake doing it. 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. much as living in the moment. There are scant few traditional narrative elements to American In one of the best scenes, Jake and Star knock on the door of a lovely home in Kansas City (one of the films tacit observations is that a major swath of America is now a lavish pastoral suburban paradise not the one percent, but the Middle American five percent). keeps us with our characters instead of visually wandering the landscape. I saw a lot of vulnerability, she says. In a series of dynamic, episodic scenes, the young woman dives into this unusual work, enduring her domineering boss (a sexy, trashy Riley Keough) and GROSS: Who need a way out of the situation that they're in. There is no yesterday, there is no today, there is only moving forward to Overall, I wouldnt disagree with that assessment. 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 what her fellow travelers keep telling her, with the dissolve-on-contact sensuality of their live-for-the-moment life, is that dreams arent for them. ARNOLD: You know (laughter), and - which is where we did most of our auditioning. What are we doing when we get there? But its a big experience, and youll probably learn a lot. I definitely said to her, Youll get mad at me. I don't really know what's going to happen. The crew leave the new house as Star introduces herself to the new girl, Drema. Any sad spiel, and they'll just say it over and over and over again 'til it's meaningless. Usually, theyre at a party, they put some music on, but theyre all dancing to something else, so the rhythms a bit off. Star enters a house and meets several affable children whose mother is on drugs. And, you know, they have sex together. Star then immerses herself fully before rising out of the water. Star takes it to the edge of the water and releases it before following the turtle into the water. And then as Krystal's kind of ordering - you know, like, telling Star what she has to do, she basically tells Jake that she wants him to do her legs. So walk me through this. I'm interested in your approach to casting especially the casting of the teenagers who were not professional actors. ARNOLD: I still can't twerk I've been trying. Star enters the country club and talks to Misty about leaving the kids with her. We all remember those years when we 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. phenomenal work captures that propulsive teenage trait as well as anything in I had this feeling something just told me to go with it. And I think even when we were doing it, everyone was thinking, wow, how is this going to work because it's kind of such a strong image? Oh no! This is FRESH AIR. So we do our utmost to make them feel safe. The following day, annoyed by Jake, Star vows to outsell him. Academy Slaps Down New Rules After Andrea Riseborough, Tom Cruise, Michelle Yeoh Controversies You've got to be able to scan them to figure them out, figure out what kind of person that person wants in their life. 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. For the 70th BAFTA Awards, American Honey received a nomination for Best British Film. See production, box office & company info. ARNOLD: Some people get a magazine, some people don't. The crew ends up living temporarily in a rundown house, and Jake and Star renew their relationship. 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. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). "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. Principal photography began in May 2015 with filming taking place in several states across America. One might think With all of my scenes, I don't want to go into them. Star asks him what his dreams are, and he shows her his private stash of cash and items he's stolen from the houses he visits, which he intends to use to buy a home. {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Your submission failed. Which is why Arnold doesnt want her movie to be read as an outsiders definitive State of the Union. We got them all together, we sent them out. Its hard to be out 10, 12, 18 hours a day, trying to get people to buy things.

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