The night of the storm, he sat alone in his cramped study, surrounded by nine laptops, all running different encrypted protocols. A single, perfect diamond sat in a velvet box beside his keyboard—a gift for his neglected wife, Debra, which he had forgotten to give her six months ago.
The production is also filled with oddly specific trivia. The infamous "No more books!" scene required 29 takes; in one take, Breen became so frustrated that he accidentally cracked a real laptop screen. The piles of books on his desk are not props; they are copies of Bob Woodward's The War Within . There is no comprehensible reason for this, and that is the essence of Neil Breen. Fateful Findings - 2013 - Neil Breen
More than a decade after its release, Fateful Findings remains Neil Breen’s most accessible and consistently entertaining film. It is a triumphant monument to outsider cinema, proving that you don't need a massive budget, a coherent script, or a basic understanding of computer hardware to create an unforgettable piece of art. The night of the storm, he sat alone