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Nights and Weekends (w/ Josh Martin)
On the BiTTE
English - September 29, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Comedy Comedy Interviews cinema comedy film films interview movie movies reviews anthropology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ah, "mumblecore".
Films, that at the heart of them, focus on mini-budget, dialogue driven independent filmmaking, are, by virtue of their desires, INCREDIBLY respectful of your time. You'll be lucky to get one of these "mumble" films to hit over 90 minutes, so this beautiful 88 minute dive into the "mumblecore-iverse" was the perfect start.
NIGHTS & WEEKENDS, the Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig (in, effectively, her directorial debut) star, direct and write this film about a relationship over the span of its life with a year gap in-between. This is independent cinema, first and foremost, for the 2000s, a direct development of the same principals since indies conception in the 1960's.
We make some valid points with what is a great, polished introduction into the "mumblecore" sub-genre, and it's an area (and director) we'll be uncovering again in the future, even if some of us don't like the term "mumblecore".
Also, we're joined once again by our friend, and resident Greta Gerwig enthusiast, Josh Martin!