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Bujalski in Berlin
Austin filmmaker and accidental ‘mumblecore’ spearhead (how we loathe that term — die! die!) Andrew Bujalski was at the Berlin International Film Festival this week to premiere his latest loosey-goosey micro-indie “Beeswax,” which also plays SXSW next month.
The Austin-made movie earned mixed reviews, ranging from content to fork-in-the-eye hostile, yet, according to an interview with the beardy auteur at IndieWire.com, Bujalski remains “Not Quite Euphoric, but More Than Happy.”
That’s the headline on the site’s Berlin-set interview with Bujalski, from which this snippet derives:
The concept for “Beeswax” began with Bujalski wanting to create a vehicle for friends Tilly Hatcher and Maggie Hatcher, twin sisters who play the same in the movie. However, he didn’t intend to create a vehicle starring Austin’s film community. And Bujalski didn’t set out to tell an Austin story. He wrote the film while living in Boston (conversely, “Funny Ha Ha” was written when he lived in Austin and then shot in Boston). … “The last thing I wanted to do was make an in-joke for people who knew the Austin film scene,” Bujalski says.
Bujalski bin ein Berliner, or something (photo:IndieWire)
Read the full interview HERE
And you can now find out exactly when and where “Beeswax” — and the bijillion other motion pictures, shorts, videos, etc. — will screen during SXSW. Why? Cuz the fest has just posted it’s complete schedule so you can plan your week. Go HERE.
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