FREE ON YOUTUBE Hannah Takes The Stairs 

FREE ON YOUTUBE Isn't Greta Gerwig great? She looks so open-minded and reasonable. We almost think we know her. Gerwig could sit in a hip cafe in Neukölln on Monday morning. With a well-dressed Penguin book in his hand. Type: Pleasant, smart university graduate who has no benefit for the job market. Gerwig looks real. Not like the typical Hollywood actress, who is polished on all corners and edges. In some pictures Gerwig looks like a student, then again as beautiful as a real movie star! Aaaach, isn't she great? And her film direction? Mumblecore? What was it like with "Mumblecore"? Films produced on an incredibly low budget. It plays non-actors or semi-professionals or something like that. Everything (or almost everything) is improvised. The semi-professional actors appear as students, unemployed artists or young employees in low-paid jobs. Mostly they sit around somewhere (for example in a cafe) and talk about their relationship problems. Hannah Takes The Stairs is set in Chicago. It's summer. Greta Gerwig works for a media company and suffers from her narcissistic boyfriend and his affairs with neurotic students. A perfect example for the "genre" of Mumblecore! Hannahs (Gerwig) biggest wish is: "I wanted to be the funny one". Isn't she? I mean: Yes, she is neurotic, sarcastic and quite cute. Her odyssey through modern relationship life was conceived as a non-film by director/screenwriter/editor Joe Swanberg. A collaboration of all greats of Mumblecore like Gerwig or Bujalski. Mark Duplass, also a Mumblecore size, plays Mike, with whom Hannah finally dares a relationship. Of course, everything culminates in the break-up talk. Next come Paul (Bujalski) and Matt (Kent Osborne), a talented writer and a trumpet player (just like Hannah). However, the movie is a bit melancholic, despite the joy of the unfinished. Not only because of Hannah's feelings, but also because everyone involved is now working for the industry. Mumblecore - today more of a nostalgic term.