Sean Baker on
The Florida Project 2017
Baker's fifth feature, shot largely on 35mm around a budget motel outside Disney World; just named Best Director by the New York Film Critics Circle.
The Big Picture · Interview
Sean Baker’s Wondrous ‘The Florida Project’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 39)
December 8, 2017/ 33 min/ Sean Fennessey
Sean Fennessey talks to Sean Baker about The Florida Project, casting Willem Dafoe against a cast of first-timers, and why he keeps making movies about people Hollywood ignores.
4 films across 1 segment.
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In conversation
Sean Baker on
Tangerine 2015
Shot entirely on an iPhone 5S for a fraction of Starlet's budget; the film that got June Pictures to bankroll The Florida Project.
Sean Baker on
Starlet 2012
A quarter-million-dollar budget Baker says he tried to make look like a million.
Sean Baker on
Prince of Broadway 2008
Shot among counterfeit-goods sellers on lower Broadway; where Baker learned the ground-level, earn-their-trust approach to casting real communities.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Baker's influences and mentions OasisHarold and MaudeDo the Right ThingBPM (Beats per Minute)
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