And, Scene: <em>American Honey</em>

Over the last two weeks, The Atlantic delved into some of the most interesting films of the year by examining a single, noteworthy moment and unpacking what it says about 2016. Today: Andrea Arnold’s American Honey. This will be the final installment of the “And, Scene” series, which can be found in its entirety here.

If someone had told me a year ago that one of the mostis a film that exists to refocus its audience’s view of things, ripping us from the theater and jamming us into an environment, and a part of the country, that we might not fully understand. One of the most visually electrifying films of the year, was also my . Nothing crystalized its unique and surprising appealmore than the idea that an exiled marquee idol could worm his way back into moviegoers’ hearts by behaving obnoxiously.