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The New York Timesの記事、'Festival Films Have Minimalist Themes' By MICHAEL CIEPLYから。


'LOS ANGELES — Guy walks into a bar. Maybe you already have enough material for a movie at South by Southwest.

Actually, “Girl Walks Into a Bar,” written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez, with Carla Gugino, Danny DeVito and Josh Hartnett among its stars — about people in 10 bars in Los Angeles — is not the least elaborate of the 130 feature-length films set to screen at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex., next month.

A roster of festival films announced Wednesday includes several that are downright minimalist.

In the narrative competition “A Year in Mooring,” directed by Chris Eyre, with Josh Lucas in the lead, is about a guy on a boat. “American Animal,” written and directed by Matt D’Elia, with Mr. D’Elia co-starring, and also in competition, is a small-scale story about roommates. Yet another competition film, “Charlie Casanova,” written and directed by Terry McMahon, is mostly set in a bar and hotel.

Janet Pierson, who produces the festival’s film portion, which runs March 11 to 19, said she was struck by the number of films that did much with relatively little this year.

“There’s an economy of means at play,” Ms. Pierson said in a telephone interview. “With the slightest of means, they can grip you.”'