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I've only ever heard pretentious people call other people self-important.
You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore

Radicals are nothing more than former reactionaries.
Such superficial views are the result of privilege, regardless of which side of the aisle you are on.

what the beep
You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore

?f she indeed is the voice of a generation What a generation. Self-important, quasi intellectual, narsistic, politically correct to the point of stupidity, sexist and racist (although always claiming to be just the opposite), capitalist to the bone but always denying it (such as making an anti capitalist hollywood movie!), agnostics; being too afraid to be atheists. Find mainstream religions ridiculous but believe in doctrines much more weird and non-sense. Doesnt believe in labels but proudly creates and carries one. I watched a couple of her films and interviews; man doesnt she love her face and her voice. And then there is this quote of her on her page where she states that being an actor is more difficult than being a heart surgeon, any one who seriously believes that is either plain stupid or has lost touch with reality somehow. Opening up a person and operating on his/her heart is easier compared with getting drugged up, memorize some lines and pose to a camera; yes sure. Thats why anyone can become an actor while to be a doctor you are stipulated to get a 6 year education. And if you beep up while acting you get bad reviews, if you beep up during a heart surgery you ll probably be causing the death of someone. I believe there are very few professions which can be considered easier as compared with acting (like modelling) and being any kind of a doctor is sure not one of them.
So i guess who likened her to be the voice of a generation was not wrong although i still believe there is one real voice of this generation: thats Kardashians. Maybe she can get the runner up spot. The age of hypocrites (actually not Kardiashians though, at least they are what they seem to be, no surprises there) is on us.

plus her hair!
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I watched the interview totally prepared to agree with you OP (I could imagine her being super pretentious) but I thought she gave the PERFECT mix of fun, fluffy interview talk with some of her own opinions & experiences thrown in (experiences which relate to the MOVIE she is PROMOTING).
Talking about her experiences with the anarchist groups or whatever is a great promotion talking point for the film and any promotions department would want her to play that anecdote up at every opportunity.

She look good but I can't stand hersomething about her is creepy.
Ich bin kein ausgeklgelt Buch, ich bin ein Mensch mit seinem Widerspruch.
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

It's too bad that she's some hippie nutcase wacko.
So sayeth the RWA, rightwingnutter, whacko
Just because she happens to be correct - that's enough to turn you off to her, eh?
Keep on draggin' them knuckles, boy!

I think she gets better with each film, in terms of smoothing out her storytelling. I said this in another thread recently, but the best way to learn is by doing, so I have a feeling she could have a pretty great career given what she's already come up with.
'Save me, Barry!'

I don't think she's incredibly pretentious and self important and annoying like the poster thinks but I also don't think she's that amazingyet. I liked Another Earth, Sound of my Voice, The East, etc. But to me they're all interesting but flawed films, she has interesting ideas and concepts in her head but I think she needs to continually improve to make something truly incredible and memorable.

Great post. I don't think she was pretentious in the least. She just isn't the typical, mainstream type actress. I watched the interview as well, and I think she did her best to appeal to the norm.
But, Brit Marling is anything but normal. I see her as the voice of a generation, both in how she articulates the ethos of today's young intellects and through her actions as a revolutionary filmmaker. "Another Earth" absolutely blew me away. The fact that the screenplay was not based on a novel, but completely invented by Marling and Cahill is unique. This film attempts and succeeds at some of the most difficult feats in filmmaking.
I could go on and on she's just an amazing woman, and I think she will change the world in her lifetime.
"For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest"

I thought she gave a pretty funny interview. Not pretentious at all. Her line about having to use Krav Magna on a capitalist and Craig's surprised reaction gave me5b4 a chuckle.
"Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?"

hmm, I just watched the interview on youtube, and I didn't notice her pretentious at all as well. Actually, I think she tried to avoid being too detailed about her film. There was only a couple of instances where the conversation went to the movie, and rest went on about owls, Harry Potter, James Bond, her apparently "sexy librarian" look, etc. Given that she was in "Sound of My Voice" and "The Company You Keep"( about cults and the Weathermen Underground respectively ) and co-wrote "The East" which incorporate similar themes, I get the feeling that she could have wrote a thesis on underground, revolutionary movements. But instead, the chat was actually mildly flirty, with some sexual undertones.
I myself can sympathize. I find that talking politics just gives the wrong impression, so I usually find myself avoiding it at work and at casual conversation.

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Ha i've only just realized who she was. I also thought she was pretentious and liked the sound of her own voice.

Yeah I agree. She seems a bit narcissistic.
Her and her directing/writing partner just seem to be trying way too hard to make themselves seem interesting, when really their movies could just be doing that for them.