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Story
Anora, a young Brooklyn sex worker, meets and spontaneously marries the son of an oligarch
When news reaches Russia, their fairytale is in jeopardy when his parents head to New York to get the marriage annulled. IMDb editor Arno Kazarian shares sneak peeks at 12 films he's screening at the 2024 New York Film Festival, including Anora and the dangerous, oddly erotic Misericordia. Karren Karagulian has acted in all of Sean Baker's films, and this is his biggest role in any of his films. In a scene in Vegas, a character refers to "McCarran Airport. Igor: PLEASE! STOP!
Referenced in Close-Up: Anora (2024)
SCREAMING!!! What's wrong with modern auteurs? Have they forgotten the art of editing, or are they just too Have they forgotten the art of editing, or are they just too saintly for financiers to tell them to "slim it down"? A fault of recent output from Yourgos Lanthimos, Greta Gerwig, and now Sean Baker's Anora; a film with a middle section so bloated that the The problem in this case stems from the pressure to move the story from one "love interest" to the other. The problem in this case stems from the pressure to move the story from one "love interest" to the next in a way that is both contemporary and dramatically believable.
Let's start with Ivan
In short, we need to let go of the extremely shaky notion that a savvy New York lap dancer would not notice her latest "sugar buddy . ." for the coke-addled rich boy he is, and it plausibly gets to the point where she seeks redemption on the lap of an Armenian heavyweight with a heart of gold and the eyes of... well, let's leave it at that Sure, there may be underlying parental issues driving him Sure, there may be underlying parental issues driving him to seek more than just a different girl every night, but the starting point is a far cry from Pretty Woman. The story makes it clear that he's never going to be Ani's long-term rescue package, and that inevitability slows the story to a crawl. Ivan and Ani never connect in any meaningful way-he's either on a tranquilizer, a Ivan and Ani never connect in any meaningful way-he's either on a tranquilizer, a stimulant, drunk on vodka, or shackled to Call of Duty.
Which tells us all we need to know about its likely duration
Even when he proposes to her in the haze of yet another hangover, we know exactly where it's going to end. In Vegas. Baker is then faced with a Baker is then faced with a dilemma: either forego a "redeeming figure" altogether (a bolder choice, in my opinion) or squeeze one in. Baker opts for the latter, introducing Igor in the final act (and, let's be honest, in a great final scene), but the question is, is that enough? Once Ivan is out of the picture (he just disappears without any real confrontation until his parents show up), we're left with what happens until Igor shows up. Unfortunately, that means a sluggish "hostage" scene, an endless search for Ivan (with too many unanswered calls -seriously, does no one think to text?), and a group of Armenian thugs that border on caricature.
More crucially, Ani isn't given an environment in which to develop her character
Instead, she spends that portion of the film scratching, screaming, and biting her way through oddly drawn-out bondage scenes, never getting a chance to negotiate with her captors or escape. When we finally leave the house, we're subjected to a relentless cycle of middle-aged observations on the state of Generation Z and Armenian Marx Brothers puke juke One must also question how this is somehow a meaningful depiction of sex work. Sure, Ani is degraded and subjected to some abuse, but not in a way that feels morally accusatory or thoughtful. Make no mistake, this is a hostage movie, not a rejoinder to the false glamour of the adult industry.
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