(Miranda July, above.)
(This talk with Miranda July originally appeared in Venice Magazine in June of 2005.)
by Terry Keefe
The "ensemble film of people with problems" is a staple of the indie film world these days. The stories often take place in urban or suburban locations and revolve around a group of characters with peripheral connections to each other. Their different paths will cross repeatedly as the story progresses. Then, a tragedy of some sort often brings all the characters together. That might be a suicide, or perhaps a swinger's session that goes badly. There have been so many of these films made that they're a genre of their own. Are you ready to buy a ticket to a different film yet? Don't if the ensemble film of people with problems is filmmaker Miranda July's very unique Me and You and Everyone We Know. At first glance the elements...
(This talk with Miranda July originally appeared in Venice Magazine in June of 2005.)
by Terry Keefe
The "ensemble film of people with problems" is a staple of the indie film world these days. The stories often take place in urban or suburban locations and revolve around a group of characters with peripheral connections to each other. Their different paths will cross repeatedly as the story progresses. Then, a tragedy of some sort often brings all the characters together. That might be a suicide, or perhaps a swinger's session that goes badly. There have been so many of these films made that they're a genre of their own. Are you ready to buy a ticket to a different film yet? Don't if the ensemble film of people with problems is filmmaker Miranda July's very unique Me and You and Everyone We Know. At first glance the elements...
- 1/26/2010
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