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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Independent is a 2000 mockumentary starring Jerry Stiller as Morty Fineman, a independent filmmaker who once had a long running streak of success in making Exploitation Movies (427 of 'em, in fact), but has since fallen on hard times. The film focuses on Fineman's attempts to make a comeback by seeking out the rights to make a biography of a notorious serial killer. This is actually a pretense to seek funding to complete another movie, Mrs. Kavorkian. Things don't go over so well when the serial killer insists that his biography be told as a musical.The Independent parodies real-life directors of mostly gimmicky and schlocky films, like Roger Corman and William Castle, and a variety of different Exploitation Film genres, and a very specific parody of both Billy Jack and Heaven's Gate.Janeane Garofalo appears as Morty's long-suffering manager/daughter. Jerry's real-life son, Ben Stiller, briefly appears in a fake clip from one of Morty's movies. Real life independent filmmakers like Ted Demme, Peter Bogdanovich, Fred Williamson, Nick Cassavetes and even Roger Corman (a subject of parody in the film's main character) appear as themselves. B-movie actress Julie Strain, and comedians Andy Dick and Brian Posehn also have appearances in the film.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })It's often been screened on Comedy Central, but is otherwise little seen. In addition to parodying the independent film scene, it's also an independent film itself, and a somewhat low budgeted one at that, although it doesn't show it. Clips from Morty's big budget flop, for example, look remarkably well done. | |
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Chess with Death: One of Morty's earliest films is an army training film about VD, done in the style of The Seventh Seal. This very event happens in the movie. | |
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Downer Ending: Morty's big budget, Billy Jack-esque flop has this: It's a historical epic which ends with the main character finding himself in modern day New York City for some reason, and, horrified by the modern architecture replacing what he saw as a noble land, commits suicide. It's not explained how the character got to a modern time period within the context of the clip, and considering how little competence Morty often displays as a filmmaker, and his pretense of it being an artistic statement with a lot of meaning, it probably wouldn't have been explained too well if this were an actual film. | |
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Blaxploitation: Morty makes one, called The Foxy Chocolate Robot. | |
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