5 Ways to Know you're watching a friggin' "indie" film

Here's 5 ways to know if you're trapped watching an Indie Film:

1. Handwritten Title - not always there, but it's a tipoff right from the get-go.


2. Acoustic Guitar Song - somewhere along the way, there's a song in there where it's one dude humming or singin' along to a solo acoustic guitar


3. Public Transportation Scene - the main character HAS to have a contemplative scene where he/she is standing alone on a metro platform, waiting for a bus, watching a train go by, etc.


4. Subtle Gay Reference - They might be friends of the main character, or in the background of a trainride scene. It's discrete, but it's ALWAYS there... ALWAYS.


5. Ambiguous Ending - NO indie flick ever ends "normally". It's always a quick scene that just sort of fades and then... rolls the credits. I guess it's meant to leave you sitting there going "WTF?". And, yes, Sopranos does come to mind.

Don't laugh, but you'll remember these next time you're watching a Wes Anderson film, or something that was "featured at sundance."