Mumblecore... are you hip enough?

Films/DVD Asylum

Movies from comedy to drama to your favorite Hollyweird Star.

This is an indie movement spearheaded by filmmaker Andrew Bujalski (Boston, Harvard) which centers on the lives of disaffected middle-class, 20-early-30's urban white professionals. Not much actually happens in his first two films, "Funny Ha Ha," and "Mutual Appreciation," though I actually made it through both of them just because the sheer ineptitude of the characters, their incredibly self-conscious posturing, and the grossly overstated awkwardness of the interactions were amusing (perhaps not purposefully so much?).
I have to say I mostly enjoyed the non-professional actors or more specifically actresses. It was like going on dates with lovely, non-Hollywood women that.... well, looked healthy, intelligent, and interesting--- in other words, sexy as hell!
Being non-professionals, they were natural, too, which is very hard for professional actors to achieve these days with mannerisms having become standard fare.
I can think of a worse way to spend an hour-and-a-half than falling in love with a host of different, attractive women.

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Topic - Mumblecore... are you hip enough? - tinear 12:48:09 04/18/09 (0)

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