"Brad & So's films are nothing like most of the work deemed 'mumblecore' as they are totally free of the 'cool' posturing, hipster douchebagery and lack of craft. They are more akin to the work of Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Their films work because you care about the characters, rather than wanting to brutally murder them!
There's nothing wrong with lack of 'plot'. Rigour and detail matter more imho. Most mumblecore stuff has no rigour at all, just rigour mortis!"
If those are in fact the facets required to become a part of such a movement, haha, then i concede, SoandBrad do nothing that I've seen with anything you described, ha!
There films are very delicate, and I agree that regardless of what one thinks of them from a subjective point-of-view, you can't deny they know exactly what they're doing.
And yes, mumblecore was, is and always will be a joke!
Oh, and thanks!!!
PS: I really wasn't trying to offend anyone with my comment, sorry if I did, but the fact is most no-budget NYC 'character studies' are utter garbage, it was refreshing to see one that (under Brad's helming) rise about that and still retain he elegant simplicity of what they tend to embody. It wasn't a knock against the filmmakers, more of a 'thank god someone who knows what they are doing is going after content like this.'
There's nothing wrong with lack of 'plot'. Rigour and detail matter more imho. Most mumblecore stuff has no rigour at all, just rigour mortis!"
If those are in fact the facets required to become a part of such a movement, haha, then i concede, SoandBrad do nothing that I've seen with anything you described, ha!
There films are very delicate, and I agree that regardless of what one thinks of them from a subjective point-of-view, you can't deny they know exactly what they're doing.
And yes, mumblecore was, is and always will be a joke!
Oh, and thanks!!!
PS: I really wasn't trying to offend anyone with my comment, sorry if I did, but the fact is most no-budget NYC 'character studies' are utter garbage, it was refreshing to see one that (under Brad's helming) rise about that and still retain he elegant simplicity of what they tend to embody. It wasn't a knock against the filmmakers, more of a 'thank god someone who knows what they are doing is going after content like this.'
