EASY RIDER VS FUNNY HA HA

I took a filmmaker friend to see Andres Bujowski's justifiably acclaimed FUNNY HA HA the other day, and I was struck by the laid back dialogue that Bujowski does, and that Richard Linklater has done so well from SLACKER and DAZED AND CONFUSED to the BEFORE....films, reminds me of the slightly more pretentious dialogue in films like EASY RIDER and the Viggo Mortenon character in the 60's nostalgia piece WALK ON THE MOON. Characters shake their heads while talking, nod in agreement, and not unlike what Vanessa Redgravce tries to do in BLOW UP, move to music. My friend, Nora Jacobson, who has also made a film about young people, a stunning film called NOTHING LIKE DREAMING, shot in Vemont, has young people who do less shaking of their heads and saying "cool" than actually engaging in talking directly about the issues that confront them. For me, that resonates more