I have been becoming more and more interested in the mumblecore or bedhead cinema movement springing up from SXSW and other festivals, largely because I see a lot of connections to microcinema, though it is not explicitly being called that. Here a bunch of twentysomethings tell personal stories digitally with a lot of improv and handheld camera and poorly-captured audio. I genuinely don't know if this is done from budgetary constraints (like a lot of my Microcinema Fest brethren) or from general insouciance.
Last night I checked out HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS and although I found it more interesting than maddening I learned one important thing: that I am probably too old for mumblecore.
I have to give them credit for sticking to that old microcinema standby of finding a cute girl willing to make out with several nerd filmmakers who normally would never even be able to talk to the aforementioned party.
All that being said I think I will Netflix up THE PUFFY CHAIR.
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I think, out of the whole mumblecore movement, THE PUFFY CHAIR is the one to watch.
I've seen some of these films and, I guess I'm too old for them as well. They often have a sweet sort of charm about them, but their "new" self evaluation of life as a 20-something offers very little insight. I mean, human nature hasn't really changed in thousands of years. So, I look at them and go, yeah, okay. But, in the end I feel like, so what? Some even come off overly self-important, as if their "insight" is somehow revolutionary when it's all just 20-something self-induced "drama."
Get a job, be responsible, get over yourself, grow up and join the rest of the world.
The Puffy Chair trailer looks interesting. I've put it to the top of my Netflix queue.
I watched Puffy Chair online via Netflix... I revert to my original statement...
"it's all just 20-something self-induced "drama."
Get a job, be responsible, get over yourself, grow up and join the rest of the world."
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