Word: mutuals
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...second feature film, “Mutual Appreciation,” makes its rounds to theatres across the country, one thing seems clear—whether or not he ever achieves mainstream success, Bujalski has become one of the most interesting and intelligent young voices in American cinema...
...there’s a defining feature about Bujalski’s aesthetic, it’s certainly not bells and whistles. “Mutual Appreciation” is filmed in a grainy black and white with almost no background music and full of nuanced scenes with partially improvised, wholly naturalistic dialogue...
Despite their more complex features, his films are, at their core, simply enjoyable to watch. Hearing the characters in “Mutual Appreciation” discuss death by “ass cancer” or watching Alan (indie rocker Justin A. Rice ’99 of the band Bishop Allen) play a small yet immeasurably passionate show provoke laughter without needing intellectualization...
...indecisive post-collegiate wanderers in "Mutual Appreciation"-combined with Bujalski's great talent-make the “voice of a generation” label only too easy to throw about. But self-proclaimed generational spokesman-cum-indie-pop guru Zach Braff has the one thing Bujalski lacks: omnipresent marketing...
...Bujalski says his only concern is to get people to find “Mutual Appreciation” in theatres or to put his first feature, “Funny Ha Ha” at the top of their Netflix queues...