from Stephen Holden's NYT review of the movie "Humpday" ...
"... As the put-up-or-shut-up moment in a Seattle hotel room approaches, “Humpday” explores the ramifications of their decision in a free-form Mumblecore style. Much of the dialogue in a film that rarely stops talking was semi-improvised, and as Ben and Andrew, who are perfectly cast, consider the fine print of their verbal agreement, most of what they say sounds convincingly spontaneous. ..."
I'd like to know the def. of mumblecore. Is it cinema jargon?
I came across this word in reading the first two vampire books by Charlaine Harris: Dead Until Dark & Living Dead in Dallas. When a character is called a Maenad, it was the first time I ever heard the word. The Harris books are the basis of the HBO series "TrueBlood".
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from Stephen Holden's NYT review of the movie "Humpday" ...
"... As the put-up-or-shut-up moment in a Seattle hotel room approaches, “Humpday” explores the ramifications of their decision in a free-form Mumblecore style. Much of the dialogue in a film that rarely stops talking was semi-improvised, and as Ben and Andrew, who are perfectly cast, consider the fine print of their verbal agreement, most of what they say sounds convincingly spontaneous. ..."
I'd like to know the def. of mumblecore. Is it cinema jargon?
July 11, 2009
tonyr21 commented on the word maenad
I came across this word in reading the first two vampire books by Charlaine Harris: Dead Until Dark & Living Dead in Dallas. When a character is called a Maenad, it was the first time I ever heard the word. The Harris books are the basis of the HBO series "TrueBlood".
June 6, 2009