Red Rocket (Sean Baker, 2021) Simon Rex, Suzanna Son, Bree Elrod, Brenda Deiss
I can't say that I now understand why so many people voted for Trump. But I do have a slightly better understanding of the lives that some of them lead. He's never referred to, but often in the background of this story, whether on TV or on billboards characters pass.
It's a strange film that I want to see as both exploitative trash but also as perhaps an excellent work of art. I suppose the compromise position is to say that it's a great show about some pretty ordinary people. (And at least one of them is really pretty :)
Garry Gillard | New: 29 January, 2022 | Now: 30 January, 2022