{"id":63727,"date":"2020-02-04T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=63727"},"modified":"2020-02-04T09:41:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T14:41:02","slug":"art-therapy-comes-to-life-in-honey-boy-up-next-at-bufs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/02\/art-therapy-comes-to-life-in-honey-boy-up-next-at-bufs\/","title":{"rendered":"Art therapy comes to life in Honey Boy, up next at BUFS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Thursday, Feb. 6 at BUFS, see documentary filmmaker Alma Ha\u2019rel\u2019s acclaimed narrative feature debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5RR8WTQzwSk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Honey Boy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film is based on an autobiographical screenplay by Shia LaBoeuf, written during court-ordered rehabilitation treatment. The story follows two tracks. In one, 12-year-old Otis (Noah Jupe) lives in cramped quarters with his father (played by LaBoeuf), a recovering addict and former rodeo clown who abuses his son while also taking his money. In the other, 22-year-old Otis (Lucas Hedges) has to face the music for having become the person he is as a result of this upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake a movie star known for indulgent, self-destructive antics on and off the set, send him to rehab, turn his therapeutic writings into a score-settling screenplay centering on his relationship with his deeply troubled father, then produce the movie \u2014 with said actor playing his own dad. What could go wrong?\u201d asks Ann Hornaday of the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. \u201cWell, surprise: &#8216;Honey Boy,&#8217; Shia LaBeouf\u2019s startlingly forthright, cathartic and beautifully acted movie based on his confusing and chaotic life as a child actor, winds up demonstrating what can go right when the right elements are in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaBoeuf is as well known for his brushes with the law, inappropriate remarks and allegations of plagiarism as he is for his acting. Yet the film has been a surprising success, due to strong performances, careful direction and LaBoeuf\u2019s award-winning screenplay.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for all BUFS shows are available at the Film House in the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre (PAC) on the evening of screenings. General admission is $9.50 or $7 for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/firstontariopac.ca\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=FilmHouseMembership&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film House members<\/a>, plus tax. Free BUFS memberships are also available on screening nights.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/social-sciences\/cpcf\/brock-university-film-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BUFS web page<\/a>\u00a0for this season\u2019s selection, with additional titles being added to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/firstontariopac.ca\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=filmhouse&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calendar<\/a>\u00a0as they are confirmed. Look for the red B that indicates a BUFS-hosted screening.<\/p>\n<p>For more than 40 years, BUFS has been bringing the best in independent and art house cinema to the Niagara region. The society is supported by the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Brock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Thursday, Feb. 6 at BUFS, see documentary filmmaker Alma Ha\u2019rel\u2019s acclaimed narrative feature debut, Honey Boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":63729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,38],"tags":[6970,92,153,522,8663],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63733,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63727\/revisions\/63733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}