This excludes foreign or obscure films by respectable filmmakers.
I mean the true essence of indie. Gone are the days of innovation and truth, replaced with quirkiness and superficial originality: old ideas in shitty guise. The problem is indie films are just small-budgeted mainstream films now, meant as a calling card more than anything else. While this was always the case, it is now more than ever, to the point where everything coming out of festivals looks the same, smells the same, sounds the same. Mexican and Romanian cinema are trumping anything that's happening in America right now. Sundance is like a New Yorker subscription - you must be this elitist to ride.
It's just stagnant. We've overstayed our welcome in the mid-90's American New Wave. When the quality of more-mainstream films are overshadowing "truthful" indies, hipsters die. Time to move forward.
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