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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterShane Carruth, the director of independent films “Upstream Color” and “Primer,” was arrested last week at the home of his ex-girlfriend on allegations of domestic assault.Carruth was arrested by Santa Monica police officers on Thursday morning. Police were called to the woman’s home around 4:50 a.m. to investigate the alleged assault, said Lt.

There is a particular type of mind-bending genre pulp that seems to arise from the wounded psyche of a freshman filmmaker. Often, these transfixing head-trips feel constructed to play better on repeat viewings by design — one thinks of Christopher Nolan’s “Following,” or Shane Carruth’s close to impenetrable “Primer.” Screening as part of Tribeca’s Midnight Movie selection, Rob Schroeder’s hypnotic debut “Ultrasound,” falls into this category.

It’s hard to really discuss what “The Wanting Mare” actually is. It’s a fantasy film, partially.

Actress and director Amy Seimetz accused her ex-boyfriend, director Shane Carruth, of years of emotional and physical abuse that include an attempt to strangle her on a bed, according to court documents obtained by TheWrap.Seimetz, who directed the TV series “The Girlfriend Experience” and starred in “Pet Sematary,” filed a request for a domestic violence restraining order with the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on June 12.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterActress and director Amy Seimetz has obtained a temporary restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, director Shane Carruth, accusing him of years of mental, emotional and physical abuse.On one occasion in 2016, Seimetz alleges that Carruth jumped on her in a hotel room and strangled her until she struggled to breathe, according to filings attached to her application for the order.

The first thought most will have after a read-through of Shane Carruth’s monstrous, 181-page screenplay for his unproduced film, “The Modern Ocean,” recently posted to Twitter by Carruth himself, is a no-brainer: No wonder Carruth couldn’t secure funding for this sucker.

Shane Carruth is apparently at a crossroads in his career. After his first two features, “Primer” and “Upstream Color,” were able to garner him a fairly loyal fanbase, the filmmaker hasn’t been able to get a new film financed.

If you’re a fan of Shane Carruth‘s directorial efforts, then you’re probably one of the many diehards that love every frame of his features. He’s the type of filmmaker, even with only a relatively small filmography featuring two feature films, that is able to engender such fanatical support.

Shane Carruth rarely plays it safe. An actor, director, screenwriter, composer, and producer, his major achievements—“Primer” and “Upstream Color”—remain idiosyncratic and unique in their execution and deconstruction of science-fiction.

You’ve likely already heard the rumors: 47-year-old filmmaker Shane Carruth has suggested he’s going to retire. The creator of the surreal and mind-bendingly ambitious sci-fi films, “Primer”(2004) and “Upstream Color” (2013), Carruth hasn’t been able to get many of his films off the ground and there was already a long, almost-ten-year gap between the two features he’s been able to bring to the screen.

Shane Carruth remains a rare figure in the cinematic landscape. His major achievements: “Primer” and “Upstream Color”—are idiosyncratic and unique in their execution and deconstruction of the sci-fi genre.

Though Shane Carruth didn’t write or direct the upcoming feature, “The Wanting Mare,” the fact that he lends his name as an executive producer should be proof enough that the new feature is going to present a unique vision. And that’s exactly what writer-director Nicholas Ashe Bateman delivers in the first teaser for the film.