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Kissing on the Mouth (2005)
The feature debut of prolific writer-director-actor Joe Swanberg made the festival-circuit rounds the same year as the Duplass brothers’ Puffy Chair, but from the beginning it was clear that Swanberg envisioned an altogether harder-core brand of mumblecore. As the American-independent lightning rod continues to flirt with the mainstream these days, it’s worth remembering that he began his career by ejaculating on camera. He permanently rubbed some critics the wrong way by rubbing himself the right way.