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Its a film about exploitation and labor.
He yells, God bless America!
She pops her bubblegum.
We half-expect the Star-Spangled Banner to start playing.
Theres a lived-in authenticity to the setting that clearly comes from extensive research.
(One stripper gets on Anis case about having danced for one of her regular clients.)
We spend much ofAnorawith an ever-growing hole in the pit of our stomachs, waiting for the inevitable.
Toros is already in deep shit with the big boss for letting the princeling marry a sex worker.
Bakers work always has an improvisatory quality, though I suspect this is largely an illusion.
The films resist the structures imposed on them, much like their characters.
A scene that might occupy a few choice minutes in a typical movie might here expand to 20 minutes.
A moment of tension might get unexpectedly defused, while a throwaway exchange becomes an extended screaming match.
But the danger never quite dissipates, and the threat of violence still hovers overAnora.
They each serve a purpose and can be discarded at whim.
Why is he so fascinated with such configs and characters?
I suspect its because their world crystallizes the transactional nature of so much of our lives.
