Not exact matches
As an
indie filmmaker and one
of the founders
of the mumblecore movement, Joe Swanberg (Kissing on the Mouth, Drinking
Buddies) has always gravitated to the space between words, to the things left unsaid between people who say they're in love.
The sensibility
of David Gordon Green, who jumps from
indie dramas
of small town tragedy to this stoner
buddy comedy, is one
of the reasons that Pineapple Express works.
US
indie filmmaker Joe Swanberg (Drinking
Buddies, Happy Christmas) joins the Hyphenates for our August 2014 edition, as we talk over the new releases
of the past month, look at whether independent filmmakers can forge a career in the new media landscape, and check out the filmography
of the influential and underrated director Paul Mazursky.
Swanberg is an
indie idol, but Drinking
Buddies is the first
of his films to look like a «Sundance movie,» which is to say that a true independent voice is lost to convention.
Still, this odd couple must make an honest go
of it in this fresh
buddy comedy co-starring Sally Hawkins, by the director
of the
indie breakout hit Junebug.
Wingard does take some liberties, including having a penchant for casting other
indie directors in some
of the lead roles, including Joe Swanberg (one
of the pioneers
of mumblecore and the director
of last year's Drinking
Buddies) and Ti West (actually a horror director,
of The Innkeepers and The House
of the Devil).
Uber - prolific (with over a dozen films in seven years — some
of them very rough around edges, which could lead some to opine he's too prolific), things really transformed for Swanberg last year with the release
of his breakthrough
indie comedy «Drinking
Buddies.»
Both this year's Happy Christmas and last year's Drinking
Buddies are perfect diagrams
of how to make this brand
of indie film.
After appearing in such
indie darlings as «Safety Not Guaranteed,» «Drinking
Buddies «and «The Pretty One,» as well as the hit FOX sitcom, «New Girl,» Johnson is a memorable addition to the first installment
of the Dark Universe, the shared universe
of the rebooted versions
of the original Universal Monsters.
Hiddleston plays Adam, an underground
indie musician who lives in the forgotten American wasteland
of Detroit, swimming in vinyl records, antiquated electronics, and vintage guitars dropped off at his grungy house by his innocent «zombie» (human) stoner
buddy named Ian (a perfectly casted Anton Yelchin).
Lionsgate has launched a trailer for the
indie buddy comedy Blindspotting, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year to quite a bit
of acclaim.
The
indie filmmaker, who is best known for his movies Drinking
Buddies and Happy Christmas, is credited for helping establish mumblecore, a style
of filmmaking that relies heavily on dramatic improvisation.
** Drinking
Buddies and You're Next were interesting parallel examples
of how the
indie - film market is working these days.
A top - notch cast
of indie character actors surround him: Melanie Lynskey plays his ex-wife; Heather Graham appears as an old flame raring to go; Ashley Hinshaw is a fuck
buddy from the Internet; Michael Chernus is a friend in enraptured disbelief to hear about his newfound sexual conquests; and Anna Camp («Pitch Perfect,» hysterical here) plays a rather looney new paramour.
If you say all
indie books are fully
of assorted smut, I ask why you aren't out purging the Romance section
of your local book store with your
buddies and some pitchforks.
My
buddy and author
of The
Indie Author's Guide to the Universe, Jeff Bennington, has said in the past that for free to be most effective, thousands
of books need to be given away.