"It's still pretty good for an indie", what is that supposed to mean? It's as if you're suggesting most indies are rubbish, which seems a tad ignorant. The majority of the films I like are indies because they're done with their own style of class. Look at the recent uprising of the mumblecore genre, it's changed the way even the likes of Hollywood looks at comedies now. Films such as The Puffy Chair, Funny Ha Ha, Hump Day, they are practically zero-budget films and are succeeding in areas that a majority of films that make a large theatrical run are failing. Then look at indie-horror, the Australian film Lake Mungo was one of the first horror films in years to actually give me chills, and the US have now picked it up for a remake. But you can't go past what I believe is the greatest horror film of the last twenty years, The Hamiltons, an indie film that took the US horror scene by storm with its clever writing and heavily developed characters.
Sorry about the passionate rant, but I believe independent films are the future for Australian cinema internationally, especially if funding bodies are just going to continue to fund the same style of drama film over and over.
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- All the Real Girls
- Undertow
- Winter Passing
- Snow Angels
- The Go-Getter
- The Good Life
- Clerks
- American Movie
- Hannah Takes the Stairs
- Baghead
- 25 Watts
- Deranged
- Gummo
A few great indie films worth checking out.
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