mumblecore

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 8/23/07, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
> "Mumblecore" is being used to label a new movement of young filmmakers
> with a "DIY" aesthetic, reminiscent of John Cassavetes's work in the
> '70s (in fact another label is "Slackavetes"). It was apparently
> coined by Eric Masunaga, sound mixer for director Andrew Bujalski, at
> the 2005 South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW). The term is getting
> press attention now because of a film festival at New York's IFC
> Center, "The New Talkies: Generation DIY".
>
> http://www.indiewire.com/people/people_050502bujalski.html
> (Indiewire, Aug. 2005)

Sorry, that article evidently first appeared on May 2, 2005, as the
URL suggests. Archived version here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050502213629/www.indiewire.com/people/people_050502bujalski.html


--Ben Zimmer

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