Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #54. Sean Baker’s Starlet

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IONCINEMA.com Top 100 Films

#54. Starlet

Director: Sean Baker
Writer(s): Baker and Chris Bergoch
Producers: Blake Ashman, Kevin Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Francesca Silvestri
Distributor: Rights Available

Sean Baker Starlet

The Gist: This explores the unlikely friendship between Jane (Dree Hemingway), a twenty-one year old free spirit, and Sadie (Besedka Johnson) an eighty-five year old recluse – both living in the San Fernando Valley…(more)

Cast: Dree Hemingway (left in pic above), Besedka Johnson and James Ransone

List Worthy Reasons…: His cinema-verité styled aesthetic demonstrated in 2004’s Take Out and more recently, the well-traveled Prince of Broadway (2009) makes Sean Baker’s POV better than Google’s streetview. When it comes to detailing the microcosms, his docu-treament will most certainly aid in detailing one young adults journey into the seedy world of porn. Could be a break-out role for Dree Hemingway (yes that family).

Release Date/Status?: Currently in the editing stages, this should be ready midway in 2012 allowing for a wealth of film festival possibilities.

 
Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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