You can definitely feel its DNA in the early mumblecore of Andrew Bujalski, Lena Dunham, and others, and it’s basically the blueprint for Frances Ha. Lovely film.
Side note: I knew I recognized the protagonist’s best friend Anne from somewhere and, sure enough, by pure coincidence, I watched the only other movie Anita Skinner ever appeared in just last week! She played the lead in the creepy slow-burn horror film Sole Survivor (1984), which was similarly ahead of its time and serves as a fascinating precursor to films made decades later—in this case, Final Destination and It Follows.
