(11 Nov 2024)
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Los Angeles – 9 November 2024
1. Wide of "Anora" Los Angeles pop up
2. Tracking shot of line for merchandise
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Maggie Verde, "Anora" fan/Glendale resident:
"I really like movie merch because it’s another way to, like, express yourself. Especially since movie merch is, it’s not the same as like, music. Like music, you go to concerts, you go to like a show. There’s always something. But for movies, the only way you can really rep the merch is like a DVD. But companies like Neon are doing something different by actually targeting like their customer base and creating merch and knowing that like, hey, these customers, these moviegoers want to actually represent the movies that they like and they love and watch."
4. Various of employees sifting through t-shirts
5. Various of fans posing with, purchasing merch
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nathan Zakim, "Anora" fan/writer:
"Not only is it so in style, it’s exclusive, which I mean, that makes it so much cooler that one of these shirts is like, it’s only here. Exclusive is a, you know, buzz word. But it really is. It’s an exclusive event because we all wait in line. We all saw the movie. I think the movie merch mania should go on for as long as it can."
7. Tracking shot of line
8. Fan posing with "Anora" thong
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Savit Nangia, "Anora" fan/University of Southern California studient:
"I honestly think, you know, although it’s like a long line, it’s great to see like a good amount of like turn up in the community because it helps show that like a lot of people are invested in this film and all that it stands for."
10. Tow truck carrying model of car used in "Anora"
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sabrina Bratt, "Anora" fan/Los Angeles resident:
"I think it’s so fun and, like, knowing that everyone loves the movie so much to go, like, stand in line for multiple hours. Like, I got here, like, three hours before it even opened, and there’s probably, like, 30 people in front of me. So the fact that, like, people are willing to, like, spend their time and their money and like whatever to come out and like, support something."
12. Fans waiting in line
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Vache Tovmasyan, actor:
"I’m really surprised. This is like two blocks line for ‘Anora’ merch pop-up. This is truly amazing. Like, I’m so happy to see people like, all this excitement and this is truly incredible. i absolutely love it."
14. Pan down from "Anora" billboard to line
STORYLINE:
Fans lined up for hours to get their hands on exclusive merchandise at the one-day "Anora" pop-up in Los Angeles on Saturday.
"I’m really surprised. This is like two blocks," Vache Tovmasyan, who stars in the film and made a surprise appearance at the event, said of the line. "I absolutely love it."
Starring Mikey Madison, "Anora" tells the story of a Brooklyn exotic dancer who spontaneously marries the son of a Russian oligarch. The pop-up came after the success of a similar event in New York at the strip club where the movie takes place.
"It’s an exclusive event because we all wait in line. We all saw the movie. I think the movie merch mania should go on for as long as it can," said Nathan Zakim, who got in line at 10 a.m. for the pop-up, which opened at 3 p.m.
The pop-up took place at Kings of Body auto shop on Melrose Ave. Neon displayed the t-shirts and thongs in the back of car that is the same model as the one featured in the movie.
The Neon film in theaters now, which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes, was written and directed by Sean Baker.
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