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American Honey (2016)

Film
DirectorAndrea Arnold
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Figures

Objects & symbols
  • The recurring motif of insects, animals, and neglected natural landscapes.
Tropes
  • The film's point-of-view shots and close-ups from Star's perspective. → The Male Gaze
  • The mag crew's cyclical journey and their pursuit of money and freedom. → The Toxic Carrot
  • The diegetic use of Rihanna's song "We Found Love." → Affective Contagion
  • Star's interactions with marginalized individuals outside the mag crew.
  • The mag crew's white passenger van as a mode of transport and living space.
  • The mag crew's door-to-door sales pitches. → The Smile Tax
  • The film's perspective as a British director's vision of America.

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