This episode of Butterknife co-stars Sean Prince Williams, the cinematographer of Frownland. You can go to Spout.com’s Butterknife page for more info on the series, to watch future episodes, to talk about the show, and to sign up for email updates.
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 Butterknifehere. 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.
It’s finally here: we happily present the first episode of Joe Swanberg’s latest web series, Butterknife, embedded above.
Butterknife stars Ronald Bronstein (Frownland director/star and Joe’s Sundance Video partner) as a private detective whose frustration on the job is counterbalanced by his happy home life with his wife (played by Ronnie’s real-life wife, Mary Bronstein). We’ve done tons of coverage of Butterknife over the past few months here on SpoutBlog, all of which you can check out here. You can also go to Spout.com’s Butterknife page for more info, to watch future episodes, to talk about the show, and to sign up for email updates.
Welcome to the Butterknife blog! This will be a combination production journal/random thought catcher. We are shooting the second half of the season in December, and I will post plenty of pictures and thoughts from the set of the show, but for now I’m excited to present the trailer, featuring scenes from the episodes we’ve already completed.
Butterknife is my idea of a “genre” project. Obviously we’re doing something really different with our private-eye, but we’re still tapping into some of the conventions and hopefully adding a memorable new character to the long list of great on-screen investigators.
We’re very grateful to spout.com for sponsoring the show and making it available for free to everyone. The first episode will premiere in January, so make sure you sign up for email alerts. You won’t want to miss it.
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. 
