Butterknife creator Joe Swanberg returns to SXSW with his fourth feature in as many years, Nights and Weekends. This one is co-written, co-directed and co-stars Greta Gerwig, of Hannah Takes the Stairs and Baghead fame, and it was shot by Matthias Grunsky, the man behind the camera on both of Andrew Bujalski’s features. Check out the trailer above, and Greta’s answers to the 4 Questions We’re Asking Everybody below.

Tell us about your movie. Who did you work with, why did you make it? Give us the reductive, 25-word or less, “It’s like [pop culture reference a] meets [pop culture reference b]!” pitch, then explain what the quick and dirty sell leaves out.

Nights and Weekends is When Harry Meets Sally meets DIE HARD without the cuteness or the explosions. It is a collaboration between Joe Swanberg and myself, with Kent Osborne, Lynn Shelton, Jay Duplass, and Elizabeth Donius in the mix. That synopsis leaves out just about everything.

Do you have a day job/a non-filmmaking occupation that raises money for your filmmaking efforts? Tell us about it.
My non-filmmaking jobs have been tutoring kids for the SATs, being a club kid, catering, babysitting, and looking for change under my couch.

Have you been to SXSW before? If so, tell us about your funniest story from the experience. If not, what are you looking forward to re: the festival and/or the city of Austin.
I’m all about the delicious free food they serve at SXSW. In 2006, my first year, there was an an event that served Atomic Tacos. There were three options of taco spiciness: mild, medium, and atomic. Because I live in New York, I think I’m really hard, so I decided to go for the atomic strength. I started crying in thirty seconds. By two minutes, I had to throw up. Tragedy + Time = Comedy. Isn’t that what they say?

Let’s get hypothetical: You’re on death row. The night of your execution, you’re allowed to watch any two films of your choice. What would you pick for your last-night-on-Earth double feature?

Really, really long movies. Like Satantango and War and Peace. Then I’ll use the extra time make my break. The guards will come in to fetch me and I’ll be gone. They’ll look around, stunned, and all they’ll find is a rock axe hidden in a Bible. See, I’m all about art as escape.