"I am blown away by the fact that, not just in the U.S., but the world seems to be so open to violence in entertainment, in media. Growing up, I remember, just a little violence would get you an X rating. You had to make cuts to get an R rating. Now, you have Marvel films with extremely graphic violence, tearing people's guts out, heads exploding, and stuff like that. You never saw that in the '80s or '90s. You could only show glimpses of violence. Now it's full-blown violence and we don't want to see sex. There's something obviously wrong there, right? I mean, obviously."
"Throughout his career, Baker has made films about sides of American life not usually seen in movies. His movies 'Starlet,' 'Tangerine,' 'The Florida Project' and 'Red Rocket' feature sex workers from different walks of life. The projects have a few stars, but they mostly feature real people cast based on their interesting personalities and backgrounds."
"Baker's new movie 'Anora' is the first to feature all-professional actors, and it was filmed on location in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island and Brighton Beach. Anora, who goes by Ani in the movie, is played by actress Mikey Madison, a young Uzbek-American stripper from Brighton Beach."
"Ani understands conversational Russian, so her boss at the club connects her with Ivan, the son of a Russian oligarch. They kindle a romance that leads to their elopement - and keeps Ivan from being deported back to Russia. But this Brooklyn Cinderella story highlights how underrepresented narratives can disrupt mainstream media expectations."
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