Season 4, Special livestream episode with special guest, filmmaker Andrew Bujalski featuring the release of his new film , "There, There!"

"I always want to make a film that I feel like no one else is going to make." Andrew Bujalski More on this special livestream interview from your host, Mitch Hampton: There are so many wondrous things to say about our livestream guest Andrew Bujalski.  The first that comes to mind is how long I have known him.  Having met him on his first feature, the groundbreaking Funny HaHa wayback in 2002, no less, and been blessed to have my music as part of his score in his previous Support The Girls in 2018, I think it is a rare thing to watch a single and singular artist grow and evolve over such a length of time.  His newest feature, "There there", while not directly about the Covid Pandemic in plot, drew upon the Pandemic in its formal properties.  In "There there" he essentially created a new way of filming characters as well as environment: no two actors are in the same location and the photographic technology scanned great geographical distances.  "There, there" is a dense, humanistic work about human relationships and love, at once a critical document of our current moment and a continuation of the themes that have most concerned Andrew over the entire 00s to today, including some sweetness and heart alongside the struggles of his characters. I can think of no better decision by Magnolia than to release it on this Valentines Day.  It was a treat to speak in depth with Andrew as we discussed many things - all in keeping with the overall artistic and cultural interests of our podcast. Andrew Buljalski's Biography Andrew Bujalski was born in Boston in 1977 and studied film at Harvard’s Department of Visual and Environmental Studies.  He wrote and directed the films FUNNY HA HA (2002), MUTUAL APPRECIATION (2005).  His first films all appeared on the New York Times’s “Best of the Year” lists.  Bujalski wrote both screenplays, and appears as an actor, playing a major role in both films. BEESWAX (2009) and COMPUTER CHESS (2013), Bujalski's third and fourth independent films, were filmed in Austin, where the director lives now.  COMPUTER CHESS is a period film set at a computer programming tournament in 1980, premiered at the Sundance FF and won the Alfred Sloan Feature Film Prize.  His film RESULTS (2015), premiered at Sundance FF. SUPPORT THE GIRLS (2018) had its world premiere at SXSW and will be released by Magnolia Pictures. More about his new film "There, there": A lover's doubt in the cold light of morning leads a chain of uneasy intimacies--counselors, disruptors, peacemakers and fire-starters--every one looking to have a little faith rewarded. Link to watch Andrew's Film, "There there": https://www.magpictures.com/therethere/