Pay It Forward

Mumblecore pays it forward

With SXSW Film less than a week away, it's inevitable people will start talking – and arguing – about mumblecore again. UT alum and Variety associate editor Peter Debruge has a good primer here on the DIY film movement that caught traction and its marblemouth name back at SXSW '05.

Our favorite part of the piece? "But new equipment, like the DVX100 cameras these mumblecore pals FedEx back and forth to one another, means they can keep making films with or without the studios."

They FedEx a camera back and forth? Say what you will about mumblecore – we'll say it's produced some real winners and a few dogs – but that's just about the nicest thing we've heard all day.

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