As part of its new-ish Reverse Shot Talkie series, Indiewire has posted a video of journalist Eric Hynes interviewing filmmaker Andrew Bujalski as the pair rummage through the Family Jewels, a Manhattan vintage store. It’s a reference to the setting of Bujalski’s latest film, Beeswax, which was shot in Austin and centers on a turf war over a co-owned secondhand store (North Loop’s now-shuttered Storyville). In the video, Bujalski wanders through the aisles, talking about his three feature films and how he finally taught himself how to tie a necktie – off the Internet – in anticipation of his recent wedding to local author Karen Olsson.
Beeswax opened in Manhattan on Friday. NY Times‘ lead critic (and new balcony warmer) A.O. Scott says this: “Beeswax, at first glance a modest, ragged slice of contemporary life, turns out to be a remarkably subtle, even elegant movie.”
Cinema Guild is distributing Beeswax, which had its American premiere at SXSW 09. No word yet on when it’ll make its way to Austin theatres.
This article appears in August 7 • 2009.
