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Youthquake.(mumblecore movies)

The New Yorker

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You're about twenty-five years old, and you're no more than, shall we say, intermittently employed, so you spend a great deal of time talking with friends about trivial things or about love affairs that ended or never quite happened; and sometimes, if you're lucky, you fall into bed, or almost fall into bed and just enjoy the flirtation, with someone in the group. This chatty sitting around, with sex occasionally added, is not the sole subject of "mumblecore," a recent genre of micro-budget independent movies, but it's a dominant one. Mumblecore movies are made by buddies, casual and serious lovers, and networks of friends, and they're about college-educated men and women ...

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