'The End of Oak Street's Director Made a Cult Detective Movie You've Probably Never Seen

'The End of Oak Street's Director Made a Cult Detective Movie You've Probably Never Seen




The recent breakout success of movies like Obsession and Backrooms — which aren't just unrelated to IP, but the product of distinct, personal visions — has pushed the cultural conversation to ask why more studios don't trust filmmakers to come up with unique ideas, and release more original movies. The answer is that when you give a filmmaker the budget and freedom to follow their vision, you don't always end up with runaway hits that dominate the box office. Sometimes, you end up with movies like Under the Silver Lake, the surprisingly creative, wildly unhinged noir-comedy-thriller byDavid Robert Mitchell, which followed his own indie success story, 2014's It Follows.


The recent breakout success of movies like Obsession and Backrooms — which aren't just unrelated to IP, but the product of distinct, personal visions — has pushed the cultural conversation to ask why more studios don't trust filmmakers to come up with unique ideas, and release more original movies. The answer is that when you give a filmmaker the budget and freedom to follow their vision, you don't always end up with runaway hits that dominate the box office. Sometimes, you end up with movies like Under the Silver Lake, the surprisingly creative, wildly unhinged noir-comedy-thriller byDavid Robert Mitchell, which followed his own indie success story, 2014's It Follows.

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