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<<Funny Ha Ha>> |
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A website in which some but not all of the secrets of the production are revealed, and some but not all of the secrets of the cast & crew are, similarly, revealed. |
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*** Winner! "Someone to Watch" Award, Independent Spirit Awards *** Four Critics' Top Ten of the Year Lists, Amy Taubin (Film Comment), Gerald Peary (Boston Phoenix), Michael Koresky (Film Comment), Warren Curry (Cinemaspeak.com) Best Feature Film Award, and Honorable Mentions for Directing and Acting, Black Point Film Festival Special Jury Prize, Performance by Ensemble Cast, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival Most Promising New Filmmaker Award, Northampton Independent Film FestivalOne of the "New Faces of Indie Film", Filmmaker Magazine (read the article)
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a big 35mm release
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Kind words from wise people: "If I had held any expectations, it's safe to say they would've been far surpassed. Funny Ha Ha is low-budget, character-driven filmmaking at its best. While the film isn't too concerned with plot, it has an easily distinguishable narrative form--the story, about the low-key, post college struggles of an imminently likeable young woman named Marnie (Kate Dollenmayer), always moves forward with economy and purpose. Bujalski's wonderful grasp of the characters and tone, and his fly-on-the-wall visual approach, makes for a warm, humorous film that's completely fun, unpretentious, and in its own way, quite original... Bujalski clearly has his influences, but instead of just merely paying homage to them, he uses this inspiration to create something uniquely his own. Funny Ha Ha isn't the sort of movie you simply 'like'--it's the kind of film that you thoroughly embrace, its scenes repeatedly playing over in your head long after it has ended...It doesn't rely on a gimmick or an attitude, but purely on the exceptional talents of those who made the film...It reminds me why I found independent cinema so exciting in the first place." --Warren Curry, cinemaspeak.com
"What a breath of fresh air. I absolutely loved Andrew Bujalski's Funny Ha Ha. It's funny ha ha, but also funny peculiar, and funny like the tickle that makes you wince and brings a tear to your eye. The loose weave of experience--the shaggy, baggy randomness of young adult life and love--has never been captured more truly and convincingly on film. Never. Compared with Bujalski's characters, the ones in most other movies look and act like robots on autopilot. Funny Ha Ha brilliantly and touchingly communicates the awkwardness, the hesitation, the doubts and uncertainties of our souls as we muddle our ways through life--inadvertently and unconsciously stepping on each others toes, changing our minds, hurting, then apologizing and healing, and then hurting ourselves or someone else one more time. What a deep, beautiful--and funny!--understanding of life. Move over, Harmony Korine. I hope to hear much much more from Andrew Bujalski in the future. Bravo!" --Ray Carney, author of Cassavetes on Cassavetes
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