{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Life Is a Highway: The Terror of ‘It Ends’","description":"This week’s episode is a real treat: I’m joined by Alex Ullom, the 28-year-old writer/director of It Ends, and he provided a real window into the process of getting a low-budget indie movie made. His story has everything: fundraising from professional magicians; a first cut that didn’t work at all; acceptance into SXSW followed by no offers to buy the movie; a grassroots groundswell that got it the attention of Letterboxd; and, finally, a pickup by leading indie distributor Neon for release this week.\n\nIt’s playing in Los Angeles and New York City this week before expanding wide next week, and I cannot stress this enough: if you liked Backrooms or enjoyed the existential dread of Exit 8, you have GOT to go see It Ends.","author_name":"The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5114290-the-bulwark-goes-to-hollywood","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43757343/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}