Maya is the only one Vance trusts. He hands her a hard drive containing his "Director's Cut"—a 3-hour, slow-burn philosophical mediation—and asks her to smuggle it out. He tells her, "They will sell the pieces of this film to the highest bidder. You have to let them see the ghost before they turn it into a product."

The film is unfinished. The studio demands a 90-minute cut that sets up a cinematic universe. Vance locks himself in the editing bay, refusing to hand over the footage.

The final shot is a close-up of Maya, sitting in an empty theater.

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