Quiet City (2007)

Director:

Aaron Katz

Writers:

Erin Fisher (writer)
Aaron Katz (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Jamie is 21. She's from Atlanta. She's come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can't find her. Jamie meets a stranger named Charlie on the subway and spends 24 hours hanging out with him.

Plot Keywords:

New York Story | Subway Platform | Mumblecore | Missed Connection

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Erin Fisher	...	Jamie
Cris Lankenau	...	Charlie
Sarah Hellman	...	Robin
Joe Swanberg	...	Adam
Tucker Stone	...	Kyle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Liz Bender	...	Liz
Karrie Crouse	...	Karrie
Keegan DeWitt	...	Keegan
Daryl Nuhn	...	Daryl
Michael Tully	...	Michael
C. Mason Wells	...	Chris

Runtime:

USA:78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Quotes:

Jamie: Who cuts your hair?
Charlie: Why, is it stupid?

Another one from the Mumblecore

Much like Hannah Takes the Stairs, Aaron Katz's Quiet City focuses more on dialogue than on plot. I mean, here's the plot, in a nutshell. Girl flies to a strange city to meet her friend. Girl meets strange boy and asks strange boy for directions to diner so that she can meet her flaky friend that is always late and sometimes never shows up (I mean, we see where this is going, don't we?). Strange boy accompanies girl to diner, into diner, after diner, and several days following. There's some other people involved; an art show and after party; and some six degrees action to make the plot a bit more interesting; but that's about it.

But it's a nice film. That's really all there is to it. This is yet another film by another "ultra-indy" filmmaker, focusing on twentysomethings and the way they communicate. The scene, cutely coined mumblecore seems to lump together a group of filmmakers (coincidentally, all of them seem to like each other and/or work together) who all seem to be focused on the ultra-indy tactics like self-distribution, microbudgets and digital marketing of their own films. It's interesting how the six degrees theme in the film, Quiet City seems to ring true for this whole mumblecore thing. These guys all started out individually, but we've seen quite a collaboration this year. I'm anxious to see what's next for the "mumblecorps"?