I have written about Anatomy of a Scene for a previous searcher post but I wanted to draw attention to not only Anatomy of a Scene but also Anora. I saw Anora over thanksgiving break and really enjoyed it. Though not available in every larger theater chain, I strongly recommend checking it out. For those reading this that do not know what Anora is, it is about a sex worker from Brooklyn who has a chance to escape her life and run away to a life of luxury with a Russian billionaire. However things quickly go south when she finds out the parents of the young man she married (21 years old) are in no way supportive of their marriage and will do whatever they can to get it annulled. Before I talk about the video attached I just wanted to say that I was fascinated by how Anora as a film was able to blend comedy and then still leave viewers with a very emotional feeling and message. Also, I was more inspired to write about and bring attention to this movie after class when we discussed how so many of the highest grossing films and reasons why people go to the movies are to see big blockbusters made by huge companies such as Disney.

The New York Time’s anatomy of a scene column is something that I would strongly recommend checking out. Whether you care about Anora or not, I’m sure there will be a film on this website that you do like and will be interested in hearing the directors commentary about. This specific one was very interesting because Sean Baker who wrote, directed and edited Anora records commentary over the first time Anora (played by Mikey Maddison) goes to the Russian billionaires house.

He notes how some shots that he took as a director could provide him with an out to switch to another shot when he was later editing. It was different from prior Anatomy of a Scenes where it is just talking about being the director; Sean Baker places himself in the shoes of all three of his roles during this segment. He discusses one of my favorite shots in which he calls back to later and to me that is always interesting to hear because it shows how much though goes in to the process of filmmaking for planning ahead. Overall, I feel that all of these segments on the NYT column Anatomy of a Scene are worth checking out because they provide insight that one would otherwise not get.