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Celluloid mavericks : the history of American independent film / by Greg Merritt.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.P7 M418 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merritt, Greg, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Production and direction.
- Motion pictures.
- Low budget films--United States--History.
- Low budget films.
- Independent filmmakers--United States--Biography.
- Independent filmmakers.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 463 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thunder's Mouth Press ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2000]
- Summary:
- Screenwriter and author Greg Merritt traces the history of independent filmmaking from the 1930s to today. 50 photos.
- Contents:
- 1896-1916 Birth 1
- 1917-1928 Exploration 24
- 1929-1944 Outside the Walls 60
- 1945-1952 System Breakdown 94
- 1953-1959 Opportunity Knocks 123
- 1960-1967 Ahead of the Curve 154
- 1968-1974 Pushing the Envelope 194
- 1975-1982 Building 260
- 1983-1989 Coming of Age 310
- 1990-1999 The New System 353
- Appendix A Cost-to-Gross Ratios 423
- Appendix B Academy Award Nominees 425.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-433) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1560252324
- OCLC:
- 42290752
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