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Really?
The first film I thought of when I read that was The Baxter, which in many ways is similar to MAYAEWK, in that it features stilted dialogue and mounds of quirk. However, the stiltedness was more of a homage to Wilderana and the quirk never really dictated too much of the plot. Also, it had Mike Show in it. I found The Baxter to be wildly more entertaining than July's movie. You could probably also throw Junebug and/or Thumbsucker into that pool but, again, both actually felt organic and allowed me to empathize with their protagonists. They all form a similar category though, previously established artists (Mike Mills: Design, Mirandy July: Audio, Phil Morrison: The Engaging And Lovely Videos Of Yo La Tengo, Michael Showalter: The State, Stella) creating feature length motion pictures with narrative drive. It seems that out of those four movies, though, it's July's that shows the least interest in creating anything remotely organic and relatable. Again, comparing it to Junebug makes this blazingly obvious. That movie is pretty damn remarkable in its versimilitude. |
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