American independent cinema : rites of passage and the crisis image / Anna Backman Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Backman Rogers, Anna, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in film and intermediality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Independent films--United States--History and criticism.

Independent films.

United States.

Physical Description:

170 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]

Summary:

"Anna Backman Rogers argues that American independent cinema is a cinema not merely in crisis, but also of crisis. As a cinema which often explores the rite of passage by explicitly drawing on American cinematic heritage, from the teen movie to the western, American independent films deal in images of crisis, transition and metamorphosis, offering a subversive engagement with more traditional modes of representation." -- Back cover.

Contents:

Adolescence: Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Adolescence: Gus Van Sant's Elephant (2003)

Death: Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (1994)

Death: Gus Van Sant's Last Days (2004)

Life-crisis: Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2011)

Life-crisis: Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers (2005)

Conclusion: the crisis image - mumblecore and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

ISBN:

9780748693603

0748693602

OCLC:

898162415