This is the latest installment of a production journal written by Butterknife creator Joe Swanberg. See previous installments here and here, and watch the first episode of Butterknife here. This entry is, in part, a response to a comment left on the first episode.
The first episode of Butterknife went online last night, and I’m very happy and excited to have it out in the world now. While Hannah Takes the Stairs was showing at the IFC Center this summer, I was over in Greenpoint, Brooklyn sleeping on Ronnie and Mary’s couch and shooting episodes of this show. I’ve always been more comfortable making work than promoting it, so it was nice to have my head buried in a new project while all the hype swirled around “mumblecore” and a bunch of movies that were months or years old.
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