Beeswax (2009), Andrew Bujalski
4/5
This is director and writer Andrew Bujalski's third indie feature film and much like his past work in Mutual Appreciation (2005) and Funny Haha (2002) Beeswax (2009) is not "about" anything perse. Instead what Bujalksi does best is create naturalistic characters and explore real life situations in his films. The cinematography is subtle and beautiful and unobtrusive What indie directors like Bujalski offer in comparison to the mainstream Hollywood film industry is a sense of both the mundane and beauty in the "norm" of real life. That there is interesting observations to be made in seemingly trivial experiences. Beeswax (2009) is a beautiful quiet film focusing in the lives and relationships of identical twin sisters Jeannie and Lauren (played by real life twins Tilly and Maggie Hatcher). The performances are great, very subtle & naturalistic (also featuring Alex Karpovsky, Girls 2012-13). In contrast to his other films, (which focused more on romantic relationships) Bujalkski focuses predominantly on female characters in Beeswax which is interesting.
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