MUMBLECORE films

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http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/03/16/090316crci_cinema_denby?currentPage=all

MUMBLECORE. Has anyone heard this term of filmmaking? Ahhh we are the generation caught in a GAP. A gap of indecision perhaps. A generation that is afraid to "talk" Well I feel in my day to day thoughts of living my life and trying to survive as an artist I am of the anti "mumblecore" generation of filmmakers. But that maybe when it comes to making ones first film creating a world that is "familiar" becomes a story where characters are struggling with communication and knowing who they are. And are scared to make the leap. Or even express it in words. We are of the generation where I hear that so many friends parents are discovering that they didn't maybe "do" what they really wanted to do with their lives. And they are angry and upset. This is a scary feeling that we wrote about in our film. The fear of not having done"it" and what that does to a person who is stuck. But the mumblecore generation strives to accomplish their dreams no matter the cost. Not letting budget restrictions of what a film normally costs stop them. They are doing it anyway. Finding any way. Non actors. No payment. All for the single purpose of feeling like they are doing "it" with whatever that path is and bringing a few kindred spirits along for the ride. But I get what this article is talking about. The generation of people that is hesitant to commit to what they feel. We definitely have made a film where the two characters are struggling with the WOLF at the door, Adulthood and what it means to them. Thank god we didn't have them MUMBLE. But definitely hesitate. This article is interesting. Not entirely upsetting. But interesting as long as we don't get "labeled"
or as the economy dwindles that the ability to get stories out there on film will rise and NOT disappear. That the mumbling may become a roar.............