Word: bujalskiã
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Dates: during 2006-2006
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...flatbed—as indispensable. “They really make it clear that that’s all you need to make a film, that everything else, technically, is bells and whistles,” he says.And if there’s a defining feature of Bujalski??s aesthetic, it’s certainly not bells and whistles. “Mutual Appreciation” is filmed in grainy black and white and consists of nuanced scenes with partially improvised, wholly organic dialogue, and sparse background music.It is a talking picture in which...
...talking picture in which “not much happens”—that is, the type that’s difficult to synopsize—but, unlike the pleasantly rambling street philosophers who populate Richard Linklater’s films, Bujalski??s characters speak in the faltering cadence of everyday life...
...such an audience has had to go out of its way to find Bujalski??s micro-budget films, which have limited runs at small theaters across the country. Locally, it had an eight-day run at the Brattle before moving to the Coolidge, where it will show at least until October 5 (it could stay there longer, depending on how well it performs...
...much the same way as their critical counterparts, but they’re the type who regularly read film reviews and check the Brattle’s website—or at least the type who have friends that do. This helps to ensure that, for the near future, Bujalski??s films find only a limited audience of cinephiles. The influences film critics have said they see in his work—John Cassevetes, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer—link him with other brilliant artists whose work is largely unnoticed by the casual filmgoer...
...Bujalski??s voice is perfectly suited for this generation; the only thing that has yet to be seen is if he can get them to perk up their ears and listen...