DOCUMENTARY FEATURE REVIEW

SURVIVING SUNSET An Actor’s Hollywood Journey, is a documentary about the challenging and often unglamorous life of being a working actor.
Shaun Anthony Robinson explores the difficulties of succeeding in the industry and lifts the curtain on many myths.
Myths like, everyone thinks that if you are in Hollywood, you are making it. Or that it’s all about red carpets and celebrity events and if you are in Hollywood, you have a better chance of being a success.

We only hear about the celebrities who hit the big time but the reality for a working actor, struggling day to day is much different in many ways and the industry can’t survive without them.

This film takes a hard and honest look at the acting world, complete with all the real and raw moments through the eyes of Shaun who is also on his own journey.
He’s a fish out of the water jumping into the frying pan!

Shaun chats to a range of industry people to gain insights into what actually takes place in La La Land.

With this documentary feature, Shaun Anthony Robinson makes a truly great job that gives a taste to the viewer and to the aspiring actors what is the way to become an actor in the city of the cinema for antonomasy, Hollywood.

When you see an actor in a movie, especially when you are not in the same field, you see the star on the screen but you don’t think about the person behind the character so this documentary is very usefull to know the real “behind the scenes” of a life made of sacrifices, waivers, failures, mentality etc..

Everything is well explained by a considerable number of interviewed actress and actors like Roger Ward (Mad Max) only to say a name (we counted around 45/50 artists).

The documentary feature by Shaun Anthony Robinson has a good pacing and his a really good work, in about 1 hour you can hear the point of view of a lot of actors that could open your mind about many things, a real collection made with heart that deserve a view.

★★★★☆

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