

Rosario Dawson is starring in a new film called Explicit Ills, here’s a recent interview with her about the role.
Dawson’s latest project, Explicit Ills, is an indie film about drugs, poverty and survival. She plays a single mom who struggles to care for her child with the limited amount of resources she has.
Q: Where does your personal taste lie between indie films and the more mainstream studio movies?
Rosario Dawson: It’s hard because obviously I love “Batman.” One of my favorite independent films is “Reservoir Dogs.” I loved the storytelling in that. I love that it wasn’t the whole gimmick of big explosions. It was much more intimate and focused on the actors. The story kept revealing itself all along the way – going backwards and forwards and makes you think and keep with it. I love anything that makes you feel like you’re in a room with a bunch of strangers in the dark listening to sound come out speakers with light flickering in front of you. When you get caught up in movie magic that’s a great, great thing. There’s many different ways to do that, but I think that’s one of the reasons why people will go and see a movie together because there’s an energy that comes from it. When you’re surprised, shocked, laughing at the same time, scared at the same time – finding yourself crying and you know nothing is actually happening to you, but you feel in love with these people I think that’s really magically. I feel independent film in particular has a really great way of doing that specifically because they don’t necessarily have all the resources so they just have to be as raw as possible. When that sticks with you it makes a big impact and that’s always something I’m blown away by. I’m happy to try to do every time with first time director who convinces me that’s what the experience is going to be. I’m always like, “Yeah let’s go for it!” It’s well worth attempting. It’s what keep me sane and honest. It’s where I started with “Kids” so I’ll always go back there, but it’s good to have the explosions when you can do them too. It’s hard to pick which is the best.
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