“Red Rocket” by Sean Baker

After years of working as a porn star in Los Angeles, Mikey Saber leaves it all behind and returns to his native town, Texas City, where he does not, however, seem to be welcome. Homeless, without money or a job, he is forced to go back to live with his ex-wife and her mother. To pay the rent, Mikey returns to his old habits, but when he meets Strawberry, the young cashier in a donut shop with whom he feels an intense affinity, he finds hope for a new beginning.

RED ROCKET

Director
Sean Baker
Nation
Stati Uniti
Year
2021′
Duration
128′
Cast
Simon Rex
Bree Elrod
Suzanna Son
Brenda Deiss
Ethan Darbone
Judy Hill

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Mikey is a man-child who constantly relativises things to maintain his mental sanity. He is a resolute optimist because he is incapable of dealing with the hard times he has fallen on. This is the only way he can move forward. For him, it is always someone else’s fault. There is much of America in him. This is undoubtedly an American characteristic: someone who aims for success without worrying about collateral damage. This is a feature that you find in other films such as There Will Be Blood or The Wolf of Wall Street, with these ruthless characters who exploit others to get to the top. In this film, I use comedy to soften Mikey, to show that he could be fascinating. But I do not ennoble him, I refuse to film in a studio. I never will. I prefer to film in a natural environment, where the story could actually take place. I wanted our film to be like Sugarland Express, by Steven Spielberg. That film has the classic atmospheres and settings of America. At the beginning we wanted to understand how Vilmos Zsigmond, the cinematographer, dealt with the landscape. Then we became interested in his cinematic language.

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