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ㅤ✧ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 (2O17)
ㅤThe Florida Project has the sharpness and freshness of a documentary. The film is set in an old motel from the 1960s, with pale purple walls and cheerful, Disney inspired sounding names, such as The Magic Castle and Futureland Inn. There poor families lived in cheap, bug-infested rents an alternative to home not far from Disney World. Like Tangerine, The Florida Project also makes for a big head proud of itself for bringing up something so difficult and adding a layer of seriousness this time.
ㅤThe Florida Project is done better. Because it was taken with film and digital cameras, the cheerfulness and retro style of the motel that became the backdrop for the film was captured. But the plot, which dominates the film's ending, is clear, and reveals the film's failure to take a child's perspective. Despite Moonee's point of view, we see Halley like any other adult. His actions didn't feel like something inevitable, but we could have guessed it. The Florida Project was the initial term given to Walt Disney World when it was first planned in the 1960s. Beneath Moonee's exuberance, Baker provides a statement of the false hope that Disney's magic offers, and how so much of America's dream has been crushed.
ㅤ✧ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 (2O17)
ㅤThe Florida Project has the sharpness and freshness of a documentary. The film is set in an old motel from the 1960s, with pale purple walls and cheerful, Disney inspired sounding names, such as The Magic Castle and Futureland Inn. There poor families lived in cheap, bug-infested rents an alternative to home not far from Disney World. Like Tangerine, The Florida Project also makes for a big head proud of itself for bringing up something so difficult and adding a layer of seriousness this time.
ㅤThe Florida Project is done better. Because it was taken with film and digital cameras, the cheerfulness and retro style of the motel that became the backdrop for the film was captured. But the plot, which dominates the film's ending, is clear, and reveals the film's failure to take a child's perspective. Despite Moonee's point of view, we see Halley like any other adult. His actions didn't feel like something inevitable, but we could have guessed it. The Florida Project was the initial term given to Walt Disney World when it was first planned in the 1960s. Beneath Moonee's exuberance, Baker provides a statement of the false hope that Disney's magic offers, and how so much of America's dream has been crushed.