Marfa girl

Movie
Original title	Marfa girl
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2012
length	106 minutes
Rod
Director	Larry Clark
script	Larry Clark
production	Win Craft Adam Sherman
camera	David Newbert
cut	Affonso Gonçalves
occupation
Adam Mediano as Adam Drake Burnette as Marfa Girl Jeremy St. James as Tom Mary Farley as Mary Mercedes Maxwell as Inez Indigo Rael as Donna Jessie Tejada as Jessie Richard Covurrubias as Chachi Erik Quintana as Erik Lindsay Jones as Miss Jones Ulysses Lopez as Ulysses Jimmy Gonzales as Oscar Elizabeth Castro as Angie Nathan Stevens as Ty Rodrigo Lloreda as Rodrigo

Marfa Girl is a drama of Larry Clark , published on its website. The film is about the life of a group in the city of Marfa , Texas. The film won the Marcus Aurelius Prize for Best Film at the Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma 2012.

The sequel, Marfa Girl 2 , hit theaters in 2018.

action

Marfa Girl deals with the days around the 16th birthday of the boy Adam. The film is about his relationships with the other residents of the small town in Texas. It is about his relationship with his 16-year-old girlfriend Inez, his 23-year-old neighbor Donna, who tries to seduce him as a present for his 16th birthday, his teacher, who likes to chastise him, and a newly arrived artist who does too tries to sleep with him.

A side story revolves around Tom, a mentally unstable border police officer who develops an obsession with Adam's mother. The film is also about Adam's girlfriend and him.

production

Marfa Girl was shot entirely in Marfa , a small town in Presidio County , Texas . The film Giants was shot in the city as early as 1956 , which was also the last film with James Dean as an actor. Larry Clark used a mix of professional and amateur actors in the film.

publication

Marfa Girl premiered at the Rome Film Festival 2012 and won awards there. On November 20, 2012, "Marfa Girl" was released and discontinued on Larry Clark's website for $ 5.99 for 24 hour streaming. There are no plans to bring the film to theaters or to release it on DVD. Larry Clark said that exclusive online publishing was chosen to bypass Hollywood. Larry Clark's previous films, including Ken Park , have had distribution difficulties because of the issues they cover.

Web links

• Marfa Girl in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Xan Brooks: Marfa Girl triumphs at Rome film festival . In: The Guardian , November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Boyd van Hoeij: Marfa Girl . In: Variety , November 12, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012. 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Jordan Mintzer: Marfa Girl: Rome Review . In: The Hollywood Reporter , November 11, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012. 
4. ^ ^{A b} Five Questions with Marfa Girl Director Larry Clark . In: Filmmaker Magazine , November 14, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012. 
5. ↑ Kevin Jagernauth: Exclusive: Clip & Behind The Scenes Photos From Larry Clark's 'Marfa Girl' . In: The Playlist . Indiewire. November 12th, 2012. Archived from the original on November 17th, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 21, 2012. 
6. ↑ Kirsty Needham: Police quiz critic after raid . In: The Age , July 4, 2003. Retrieved November 21, 2012.