The production of this film, and now the effort to
present it to an audience, has been a constant process
of overcoming our fears. We let our guard down, and
took our clothes off, in an effort to accurately represent
the struggle of young people, people our age, to gain
distance from their parents and find love with each
other. It was important to us to present realistic
images of ourselves, as we are frustrated with
the current representations of our generation. I set
up each scene with the maximum potential for error,
knowing that we could only make an interesting and
truthful film if it was full of accidents. I promised
everyone it would be OK, and they trusted me. That
trust is the only reason we were able to accomplish
anything.
-Joe Swanberg
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