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Can anyone name a movie that was masterfully acted and directed but the budget was so low that it looked like a Neil Breen movie.

For those don't know Neil Breen. He is known for using VHS camcorder and a CT Scanner made out of paper in his movies.

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Primer, maybe? Very good acting, crazy but great plot, good cinematography, but filmed on a budget of $7,000 with deliberately lower res cameras.
Also Pi was also a well acted movie but filmed to look kind of low res.
- Great answers i love pi and primer didn't think of them as VHS level as the black and white and documentary style hide the low budget cameras well.
Primer. Whole thing done by 2 guys, rented camera, like $10k budget. Brilliant movie.
Clerks? Shot in black and white because the convenience store where they were shooting had lighting that gave everything a weird green color.
El Mariachi (1993)
Maybe not quite that bad, but A Boy and His Dog was a brilliant, dark, sci-fi movie with almost no budget.
- Yeah I like that one too but with it being so old it cheats and looks more real movie like. Since it had to be shot on film.
Lighthouse with Dafoe maybe
- Wait, you think the cinematography in The Lighthouse looks like a Neil Breen movie?

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