Sentences with phrase «budget indie thriller»
It was clear that Blakeson was set for a Christopher Nolan - style career path, moving from low - budget indie thriller to bigger - scale films, but, like fellow Brit Rupert Wyatt, who went straight from the excellent «The Escapist» to the mega-budgeted «Rise of the Apes» without passing Go, Blakeson seems to be skipping a few steps, and going straight for the tentpole.
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Evan Creevy's sophomore effort, «Welcome to the Punch,» attempts to bridge that gap by delivering a Hollywood - style crime thriller on an indie budget, but although he's landed an impressive cast of A-list British talent, it's mostly squandered on a bland and overly predictable script.
A prankish comedy - thriller overtly about desperation and insecurity, Baghead begins with a dead - on Q&A at a Los Angeles indie film festival, where an underground auteur (Jett Garner) condescendingly responds on matters of budget and improvisation.
Rupert Wyatt Indie Work: Wyatt had only short films behind him (most notably 2004's «Get The Picture») when he made his first film in 2008, the low - budget prison thriller «The Escapist,» which starred Brian Cox, who'd also appeared in the short, alongside Joseph Fiennes, Seu Jorge, Liam Cunningham, Dominic Cooper and Damian Lewis.
Shane Carruth's time - paradox thriller Primer (2004)-- something of a lo - fi landmark, with its $ 7,000 budget and homemade special effects — employs a similar approach, but adds a contemporary indie touch.