I’ve been more or less offline for a few days. The tablet PC stopped turning on, and while I was waiting for the new motherboard to show up, the backup Dell (the one that Klaw has been advising me on how to upgrade to Linux) chewed through its own LCD cable. It’s the second time it’s done that. I guess that every Dell laptop has to have some design feature that was put in as a prank by the high school intern.
But I got the new motherboard switched in, which was about thirty minutes of work with a precision screwdriver and my beyboard. And the good news is that it looks like all of my lithium-ion batteries are working. Wouldn’t you know it, they weren’t recharging because of the motherboard.
All of which means that I’m in a stupid good mood right now, and I thought I would soften my stance on mumblecore.
Previously, I wrote an open letter to mumblecore, explaining why I thought it sucked. After my week at the Austin Film Festival, my faith in the creativity and passion of the individual filmmaker has been re-energized. So, thanks for trying, mumblecore, I think you’re doing the best job you can, and I thank you for it.
That being said, my colleague Patrick S. sent me this link to a mumblecore trailer as well as this link. One of those links is to a parody trailer, and one is a genuine and earnest promotion of mumblecore, and it took me a couple minutes of careful watching to figure out which was which.
It’s also interesting to note that both those trailers have a much higher production value than your average mumblecore feature.
But you guys are doing great, mumblecore! Pretty much!
