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Article: Hannah Takes the Stairs
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- The Stranger
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- September 27, 2007
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Hannah Takes the Stairs
dir. Joe Swanberg
Hannah Takes the Stairs is being billed as the poster child for the so-called "mumblecore" movement. A series of minimalist, lo-fi gems about awkward twentysomethings by awkward twentysomething moviemakers starring their awkward twentysomething friends-including the excellent Quiet City, Mutual Appreciation, and Funny Ha Ha-the mumblecore label brought some justified attention to a batch of intertwined films and filmmakers in the last couple of years. But like a goofy, 1950s rock-and-roll record must have sounded to a Muddy Waters fan, Hannah Takes the Stairs seems like an empty parody of the form.
It has the ingredients right: Aimless but earnest ...