My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.
“But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention - they go home, they're finished. They don't stall, they don't do their homework in front of the TV.”
“The incorrectness and weaknesses of a theory cause other minds to formulate the problems more exactly and in this way scientific progress is made.”