http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2007/11/09/die-mumblecore-die.aspxWell, it had to happen sometime. What with two weeks&#39; worth of crushing hype mid-summer, the mumblecore kids were due for a backlash, but who knew Amy Taubin would be the one to do it ? Taubin, after all, went on record in 2005 with a &quot; DistributorenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2007/11/09/die-mumblecore-die.aspx#51309Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:38:05 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:51309Tblake<p>Granted the camera style was more documentarian than anything and how much you liked the movie is directly related to how charmed you were by the lead actress, Swanberg set up the situations to catch his cast behaving like human beings. &nbsp;There's an art to that.</p> <img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=51309" width="1" height="1">http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2007/11/09/die-mumblecore-die.aspx#51191Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:56:51 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:51191LCosgrove<p>I watched &quot;Hannah Takes the Stairs&quot; fully expecting to hate it, but I was left thinking that this Swanberg guy might be on to something. His filmmaking technique is crap, but he has a damn good handle on the ins and outs of passive aggression, and I think that last shot shows that he has zero sympathy for his ostensible protagonists.</p> <p>The Duplass Bros, however, still need to be beaten with a sock full of quarters. </p> <img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=51191" width="1" height="1">