Did you know that a profile of Andrew Bujalski appeared in ESQUIRE a couple of months ago? And did you know that that profile was written by Chuck Klosterman? I certainly didn’t, not until I saw this link at Fimoculous today, with a dig at the NY Times for being late to the party (if they’re late to the very concept of Mumblecore, then I should get extra super double credit for being early … right?) Anyway, the article came out while I was still locked in the dark embrace of corporate America, so I’m giving myself a pass.

What’s most interesting to me is how much has changed since this story appeared in May (or, actually, since Klosterman wrote it, which was probably in April, as Bujalski apparently leaves their meeting to go file his taxes). For one thing, in a footnote (!), Klosterman tells us that Bujalski is considering shooting his third film over the summer in either Austin or Boston. Boston, it would seem, at that point had the upper hand, as Klosterman writes: “One of the complications with shooting in Austin is the heat: During filming, all air conditioners need to be turned off, lest they interfere with the audio. This is a problem I had never even considered.” That film wrapped two weeks ago. In Austin.

And then there’s this semantic debate waiting to happen: “For a time, Bujalski sardonically embraced the term ‘mumblecore’ to describe his filmmaking style, but it did not catch on.” Oh, to relive those innocent days of May 2007, before ‘mumblecore‘ caught on!

I’m just being catty now, aren’t I? Okay, I’ll stop.