Tangerine 2015 atrl8/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Homophobic Hate Crime: At the end, transgender streetwalker Sin-Dee is is attacked by a transphobic potential customer who dumps a cup full of urine on her, and calls her slurs.Extremely Short Timespan: Happens over the course of about half of a day on Christmas Eve.Excrement Statement: A group of transphobes throws urine on Sin-Dee after luring her over to their van.Though she is indeed shaken by the revelation that he also had sex with Alexandra. Easily Forgiven: After spending the entire movie searching to confront Chester, Sin-Dee forgives him after a couple of minutes even after knowing how many times he cheated on her.Dramatic Sitdown: Ashken sits down at the diner when learning about her son in law's nightly activities.Bittersweet Ending: Alexandra and Sin-Dee's friendship takes a serious blow, Dinah is thrown out of her motel and left alone, Razmik's relationship with his family is ruined ( not that he didn't cause it himself) and Chester gets zero comeuppance, but Sin-Dee and Alexandra at least restore their friendship after the latter helps the former after a transphobic attack.Aerith and Bob: Sin-Dee Rella and Alexandra.Not to be confused with the 2013 Estonian film Tangerines. Sin-Dee storms out to search the neighborhood for Chester and the woman. Alexandra accidentally reveals that Sin-Dee's boyfriend and pimp Chester has been cheating on her with a cisgender woman. Transgender sex worker Sin-Dee Rella, who has just finished a 28-day prison sentence, meets her friend Alexandra, another trans sex worker, at a donut shop in Hollywood on Christmas Eve. Historically, Tangerine is notable for providing the film for the first Academy Award campaign for an openly transgender actress supported by a film producer, and for having been shot entirely on an iPhone. The film was critically acclaimed primarily for its portrayal of its two transgender leads in a manner that did not delve too deeply into their identity while still affording them due respect. I Wanna visit donut time now haha.ĭid wanna take this last moment to mention/reflect on the fact that Sean Baker is a straight white man representing POC LGBTQ+ so there's always that to consider and remember.Tangerine is a 2015 independent dramedy film directed by Sean Baker and starring breakout actresses Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor. Some parts that rlly stuck out to me were when the protagonist is being consoled by their friend in the laundromat and every single convo in the donut shop. The climax is somethn out of a Coen bros ensemble and it sort of took me out of the movie a little bit but it brought it back to have gr8 ending. It adds to the intimacy and feeling of being close on the same streets of LA as the characters. Unlike Greengrass' shaky cam, the iPhone cinematography is never annoying or in your face. ![]() I didn't understand every single thing they were saying but I also don't think I was supposed to. that make the characters feel familiar and real. While the movie is a slice of life, the screenplay gives intimate back stories, struggles, triumphs, etc. The dialogue, while authentic and at times confusing like the Wire, really pulls no punches and conveys so much raw emotion and plot to the audience. ![]() It's on a whole other level.Īs someone who has no real connection or familiarity with the Trans community or drag culture, I put off watching it for a long time due to thinking it wasn't for me and that it would go over my head. The way he captured both the harrowing and sweet parts of Moonee's life was incredible but Tangerine is something else. My intro to Sean Baker like many was Florida Project. Getting the obligatory "it was shot on an iPhone" out of the way. ![]()
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