Tropico (film)

Tropico is a short film based on the Biblical story of sin and redemption, starring Lana Del Rey as Eve and Shaun Ross as Adam. Directed by Anthony Mandler, the film premiered at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California on December 4, 2013 before being uploaded to Del Reys official VEVO account the following day. It features the songs Body Electric, Gods amp Monsters, and Bel Air, all taken from Del Reys 2012 EP, Paradise. An EP of the same name was also released that same month to the iTunes Store it includes the film itself along with the three aforementioned songs.

Del Rey then starts to recite Walt Whitmans I Sing the Body Electric as time flash forwards to a modernday Adam and Eve living in Los Angeles Del Rey works as a stripper while Ross is a gang member who also works as a clerk at a convenience store during the day. In this segment Gods amp Monsters begins to play. After the song ends, Del Rey recites Allen Ginsbergs Howl as a group of wealthy middle aged men are seen surprising their friend on his birthday by bringing him strippers. A couple of minutes after the strippers enter the room, Ross and his gang suddenly show up with guns in hand and steal all their money.God appears and begins to narrate John Mitchums poem Why I Love America You ask me why I love her? Well, give me time. Ill explain. Have you seen a Kansas sunset, or an Arizona rain?. The Adam and Eve characters then get in their car and end up driving to a countryside wheat field. Clips show the pair being baptised as they begin to undress. Bel Air then plays in the sunset. The two characters then ascend back into heaven, having finally redeemed themselves, as flying saucers appear in the sky. ........

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