FUNNY HA HA deftly observes the inherent silliness of post-college life in contemporary America. Anchored by a revelatory performance by Kate Dollenmayer, who makes it seem effortless, FUNNY HA HA creates a landscape entirely populated by non-professional actors, all perfectly cast as the kind of aimless 20-somethings who would do a favor for a friend by acting in his independent film. The film also features a solid comic turn by writer/director Andrew Bujalski, as one of Dollenmayer's awkward suitors.

FUNNY HA HA is an anachronistic indie film--(That is meant as a compliment.)--the sort of work made by the likes of John Cassevettes and Mike Leigh defining independent filmmaking a generation ago--a funny blend of absurdity and naturalism.

DIR/SCR Andrew Bujalski, PROD Ethan Vogt, US, 2003, 89 min, color, UNRATED

Writer/Director/Star Andrew Bujalski will appear at the screenings of FUNNY HA HA Friday, September 2 (9:00), Saturday, September 3 (5:00, 9:45), and Sunday, September 4 (5:00, 9:45)

PLUS
The 9:00 screening of FUNNY HA HA on Friday, September 3, will be followed by a special sneak preview of Bujalski's latest feature, MUTUAL APPRECIATION!!!

MUTUAL APPRECIATION

"The best narrative feature in the [Independent Film Festival of Boston] is Andrew Bujalski's Mutual Appreciation. Here Bujalski fulfills the promise shown in his 2003 debut feature, Funny Ha Ha. He has moved from the womb of Boston to the testing grounds of New York City and has shifted format to black and white, undaunted by the inevitable comparisons that will be made with every other indie filmmaker who's done the same, or by the irrelevant comparisons that will be made between his hero and that of every other indie film. Alan (Justin Rice) is a twentysomething musician who like Bujalski has minimalist ambitions. He wants a band, but really just a drummer, and one who doesn't do much drumming. (The music is pretty toe-tappable and intense nonetheless, as an angst-filled club date shows.)...Bujalski's limpid style and the seeming improvisations have the spontaneity and wit of real life ...but when studied reveal the calculation and symmetry of art."
--Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix

www.mutualappreciation.com