Flicks, Matt Glasby
The making of Sean Baker's LA street drama must have been even more remarkable than the film itself. Shot on the fly, using iPhones with prototype anamorphic lenses, it features a cast of transgender women, most of them making their acting debuts. Like Coffee and Cigarettes or Smoke, but on substances a little stronger, it gives voice to the city's prostitutes, pushers and passers-by, in the process rendering their extraordinary – to us, at least – lives ordinary.
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