Quote:
"The film's final intertitle states in all caps: 'THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW.' A close-up follows of [Nell] Shipman looking directly at us laughing at the camera. One cannot help but feel this is a not-so-veiled reference about her own positionality in filmmaking and the way in which Something New asserts female agency in multiple ways: in the Western narrative where Shipman helps save the day; in the metanarrative where Shipman types up the story we just watched; and implicitly in Shipman's partnership with [Bert] Van Tuyle behind the camera in creating the story in the first place."
-- Chris Robé

Source:
Robé, Chris. "The rise and fall of female silent filmmakers." PopMatters, June 4, 2019.