Shoestring budgets and disaffected youth: why Australian film is ripe for a mumblecore revival
Nov 11, 2021
3 minutes
“Like Bridget Jones directed by John Cassavetes” was how one Guardian review described the first mumblecore film.
The film, Funny Ha Ha, was US director Andrew Bujalski’s debut: a shoestring budget affair following a cast of twentysomethings suspended in postgraduate ennui – not so much coming of age as fumbling their way towards adulthood via awkward encounters and half-baked conversations.
Premiering in 2002 at a small festival in Alabama, critical acclaim quietly snowballed. It wasn’t long before a nebulous scene of interconnected directors had sprung up in the
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