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The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent directors and independent film. The film features Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, and cameos by Anne Meara, Ron Howard, Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, John Lydon, Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Fred Dryer, Jonathan Katz, Fred Williamson, Karen Black, Nick Cassavetes, Julie Strain and adult film actress Ginger Lynn. The fictional career of Morty Fineman (Stiller) is said to have made 427 films. It is not specified as to whether he directed them all, or if it refers to films produced or written by the Fineman character.
The ending credits of The Independent features a side column of the complete filmography of this fictitious trash auteur, Morty Fineman. The following is a list of all 427 fake titles, only a few of which were depicted in the film with faux trailers and clips.
You wanna feel loose
You wanna see how I'm abused, I see
You wanna get faded
You never wanna concentrate on me
I'm too much of an angel
I'm too much of a saint though I can't be
I'm too much of a reject you don't expect much from
I wanna feel safe
I wanna feel like I'm not hated too
I wanna get closer I wanna feel the most I get from you
I'm too much of a rebound
I'm too much on the ground though you can't be
Your always getting higher
You don't desire me
So what have I got to prove
And what have I got to lose
When your not worth fighting for
And why am I feeling down
While your out messing around and you're
Not worth begging for
Just wanted to stop by
Just wanted to see you
One last time
Just wanted to say bye
Just wanted to get you off my mind
Just wanted to fit in
But then I saw you with him
So what have I got to prove
And what have I got to lose
When your not worth fighting for
And why am I feeling down
While your out messing around and you're
Not worth begging for
It's up to me, it's up to me
And I'm still falling
It's up to me, it's up to me
And I'm still calling
It's up to me
It's up to me
It's up to me and I'm still hoping
It's up to me for you to hold me
It's up to me to let you go
It's up to me
But for all you know
I'm already gone
So what have I got to prove
And what have I got to lose
When your not worth fighting for
And why am I feeling down
While your out messing around and you're
Not worth begging for
It's up to me
It's up to me
And I'm still falling
It's up to me
It's up to me
And I'm still calling