MUTUAL APPRECIATION

Now admittedly I am a bit behind the eight ball here with this one, but seeing as my local Blockbuster only recently added indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski's second feature Mutual Appreciation to its new release wall, I hope I can be forgiven. Mutual Appreciation is without a doubt, one of the most clever films I have seen all year. Shot on 16mm black and white, this is not your everyday, run of the mill American indie flick. With most directors nowadays trying to incorporate so many stylistic themes and modern capabilities into the production and post production values of their work, it’s a breath of fresh air to seem something so simple, clean and unnervingly raw.

Perhaps the most compelling part of watching this film is its lack of construction and deliberate overuse of its medium. This is one film I could watch over and over again, because it simply justifies a mantra I have been trying to prove my whole life thus far - it is far more difficult to say something simple than something complex.