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Matthew Modine has played an array of characters over the course of his acting career.<\/h2>\n
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Matthew Modine poses for a portrait in in promotion of the \u201cFull Metal Jacket\u201d 30th reunion in Los Angeles in 2017. (Courtesy of Rebeecca Cabage\/Invision)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Each role he\u2019s taken has a purpose and intent.<\/p>\n

The Santa Fe Film Festival is honoring Modine and his body of work by awarding him the lifetime achievement on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Scottish Rite Temple in Santa Fe.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I feel I\u2019m too young and still have a lot of important work to do, it\u2019s quite an honor to be recognized by such a prestigious and historic film festival,\u201d Modine says in an interview.<\/p>\n

Along with the honor, the festival is also screening \u201cFoster Boy,\u201d starring Modine.<\/p>\n

\u201cFoster Boy\u201d tells the story of Michael Trainer, played by Modine, who is a lawyer at the center of a trial in which a for-profit foster care agency puts a known sex offender into the same foster home as his young client Jamal, with catastrophic results.<\/p>\n

Modine says one of the many wonderful things about art is its unique ability to bring light to darkness.<\/p>\n

The film is based on true events that the script\u2019s author experienced as a trail lawyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a painful telling of corruption within the world of foster care. My character goes from not understanding, or misunderstanding, the young man who grew up in that system and then chooses to defend him and fight that institutionalized corruption,\u201d Modine says. \u201cI loved Paul Newman in \u2018The Verdict\u2019 and, of course, Atticus Finch in \u2018To Kill a Mockingbird\u2019 \u2013 two classic films that changed the way audiences view certain people and their circumstances. Their characters, and mine as Trainer, brought greater fairness and justice to our society. How wonderful if \u2018Foster Boy\u2019 succeeds in doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Modine\u2019s interest in a project is often piqued by the script.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all begins with the word,\u201d he says. \u201cThe script is what excites a producer to begin the arduous journey of finding the best possible team to bring those words to life. Each creative element is crucial to a film\u2019s success. From director to cinematographer, production designer to costume design, each person you see named in the credits of a film makes their important contribution. The actors are creative partners to each of those creative departments and then do their part to bring the words \u2013 the script \u2013 the whole thing it all began with \u2013 to life.\u201d Modine has had a decades-long career \u2013 which isn\u2019t easy in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Along the way, he\u2019s found projects that not only challenge him, but keep him moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not been easy,\u201d he says of his career. \u201cIt\u2019s kinda like being out at sea in a sailboat. Sometimes there\u2019s a gentle breeze and you get to casually enjoy the sail. Then there\u2019s a \u2018dead calm\u2019 and the boat just floats and you\u2019re forced to wait for some wind to get things moving again. And sometimes there\u2019s a hellish storm that could tear your boat apart and you\u2019ve got to navigate and deal with that. The lesson you learn is to be present and to always pay attention to the elements around you \u2013 at that moment. You can prepare for a storm \u2013 but you mustn\u2019t worry about it. That steals your present, your now. All those past experiences \u2013 are the past. So be grateful to them \u2013 as they have prepared you for this moment. This moment is all that ever is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Modine is also no stranger to filming in New Mexico. He had roles in \u201cInto the West\u201d and \u201cSicario: Day of the Soldado.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he didn\u2019t get much to time to explore during those projects because of the intense shooting schedules.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did spend time here when my father retired,\u201d he says. \u201cI was trying to convince him that it would be a great place to set up a small business and a new adventure. He was excited by the idea, but what he knew, and didn\u2019t share with me, was that he didn\u2019t have long to live. So some of my last experiences and time spent with him were in Santa Fe. Bless him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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