Hannah Takes the Stairs
Hannah Takes the Stairs is an indie romantic comedy directed by Joe Swanberg. The film attracted critical acclaim following its SXSW Festival debut in March 2007. The film's later inclusion in the IFC Center program "The New Talkies: Generation DIY" prompted The New York Times to make Hannah the most recent example of "Mumblecore" cinema.
Fast Facts
- Director: Joe Swanberg
- Starring: Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski, Mark Duplass, Ry Russo-Young, Todd Rohal
- NY Release Date: August 22, 2007
- LA Release Date: September 21, 2007
About the Director
Swanberg hails from Illinois where he studied film at Southern Illinois University. Prior to making movies, Swanberg worked for the Big Muddy Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival. Hannah is Swanberg's third feature film, after Kissing on the Mouth and LOL. He is a member of the movement known as Mumblecore and is also a proponent for internet distribution of films.
Director Acclaim Quotes
Indiewire on Swanberg.."Progressing beyond the earlier fumblings of "Kissing on the Mouth" and the more subtly developed "LOL," the director harnesses in "Hannah" the fleeting emotional frequencies of everyday interaction for which he's been striving. He does so with the help of his cast, particularly the complex and charmingly goofy Greta Gerwig as the titular hottie, a female character of a kind you don't often see in American cinema: lovely and bright but without affectation, she revels in her sexual attractiveness even as she remains self-consciously confused about the costs."
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