This is the movie Lena Dunham saw that made

...her want to make movies. I guess in a small way we can thank Bujalski for Tiny Furniture, which opened the airwaves for Girls too.

So, regardless of your stance on "mumble core" or Lena Dunham or the whole "girls are funny too omg" phenomenon happening, this is what she said in a New York Times article from March 2, 2012:

"The movie that made me want to make a movie was 'Funny Ha Ha' by Andrew Bujalski. I felt like I was spying. I didn’t know you were allowed to take a conversation that feels stilted and people are saying what they mean but sort of not."

I think that's really cool.

Anyway, here's the link to the article if you want to read it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/arts/television/lena-dunham-on-girls-her-new-hbo-comedy.html?pagewanted=all