Funny Ha Ha
Synopsis
This is a super-indie flick about one woman’s trip down the potholed road between graduating college and the rest of her life.
Observations
Please, someone see this movie besides me so I have someone to talk to about it! (Sometimes being obscure is a pain in my ass.) Anyways, the quality of this film is definitely indie, but it’s work sticking it out. The production is somewhere between high school film class and Hollywood – but it doesn’t matter. This film is like an extended self-conscious home movie. Its rawness reminded me of my favorite movie, Fat Girl by Catherine Breillat.
The creepy stalker-ish love interest is the director too. Well done! I chose not to partake in the “special feature” option to watch the movie with commentary “An Outside Perspective from a Russian Scholar.” Huh? Since the movie is super low budget, I’m assuming Bujalski (director/actor) has a Russian friend or something.
This movie really presses the question of the art of movies as they reflect life. Is it art if it just recreates daily life? Does art have a responsibility to be bigger than life, or somehow different than life? This movie could have been done on your parent’s video camera. The acting wasn’t a stretch, the location was nothing special, the dialogue was true urban vernacular (lots of “like’s” and “umm’s”). But somehow this movie is art. It is beautiful in its realism, its unpretentiousness, its normalcy. Make an indie girl happy and try this movie.
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Amazon's entry for Funny Ha Ha
posted by cecilia at 2:14 PM
2 Comments:
This sounds fun! Drat, my sister was just here, we could have looked for it! Can you/do you ever include the film's rating in your review? I have friends and such who will not see certain ratings, and so need that info when planning. If you don't wish to, no prob. I can look up films you review. Have you seen, reviewed, "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont"? Someone just sent me a glowing report. I haven't had time to look it up, yet. If I see it, I will let you know about it.
I will start including ratings in my reviews, that's a great idea! I have not seen "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont" but have added it to my queue and will pick it up when it comes out on DVD. If you see it, let me know! I'm always on the look out for the splendidly absurd!!
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