That's pretty insightful I must admit. The other thing that got me thinking about this topic was this WatchMojo video I saw called"Top 10 Independent Filmmakers" or something. I know some say that WatchMojo is typically filled with shit, and I kind of agree, but they only mentioned two filmmakers that have authentically done their best resisting Hollywood: Jim Jarmusch and John Cassavetes (even though John was produced by Hollywood once or twice in his career). But besides the mainstream aspect, both of them were proud to be self-funding. There was a quote said about John from one of his most personal friends that; "He used his own money. He didn't take shit from anybody." And that's pretty impressive for an artist to have this type of capacity that can almost lead to your own self-destruction (because trust me, I've been there).

Trust me when I say in full honesty when I say that this was probably one of the most aspiring commentaries on modern cinema that I've seen in a long time! It was a paroxysmal satire unlike any other, and even though the whimsicality of the story was often used to soften the brutality, the dark undertone of it still came through. I mean, imagine a future where the last reel of celluloid is an over-exposed tragedy of a cinematographer blasting a hole through his head. Trust me, that's not only a cinematic dystopia, but an aesthetic dystopia as well! Not to mention the outsanding cinematography in your work as well (killer opening shot), but in general, I think you found a really entertaining way of warning us about the future (and don't take it seriously that I called it 'entertainment,' art should be your primary destination in all of your films, which I bet it is if I saw more of your work). Nevertheless, I'm currently in the state of producing a video essay on the future of film, why it's not dead, the superficiality of digital, the beauty of both film and digital, and whether it actually matters if film were to die. So I was wondering if I could use your short as a reference in my project, and to also get your personal output on what happens when (or if) film dies out? Anyway, it's fundamentally optional if you want to or not. But have you ever thought about submitting Short End to Short Of The Week?

That's a pretty good point, but was there ever a name for this new wave of freshly innovative American cinema?

I do agree with the Shane Carruth factor, he's one of my favorite paragons of cinematic artistry. But what I meant was when the other artist like Linklater and Tarantino were making films back in their glory days of true independence, was there ever a name for this new wave of independent filmmaking? Because it really all started back with John Cassavetes and transformed over the course of the 70s and 80s, then to the radical age of the 90s.