American independent cinema : indie, indiewood and beyond / edited by Geoff King, Claire Molloy and Yannis Tzioumakis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

King, Geoff, 1960-

Molloy, Claire.

Tzioumakis, Yannis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Independent films.

Independent filmmakers--United States.

Independent filmmakers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273p)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

The American independent sector has attracted much attention in recent years, an upsurge of academic work on the subject being accompanied by wider public debate. But many questions remain about how exactly independence should be defined and how its relationship might be understood with other parts of the cinematic landscape, most notably the Hollywood studios. Edited and written by leading authors in the field, American Independent Cinema: indie, indiewood and beyond offers an examination of the field through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence. A wide variety of examples are included but within a framework that offers insights into how these are related to one another. More specifically this collection offers: an account of recent developments as well as reviewing, reassessing and revising a number of central positions, approaches and arguments relating to various parts of the independent and/or indie sector. Individual case studies that range from the distinctive qualities of the work of established 'quality' filmmakers such as Wes Anderson, Steven Soderbergh and Rebecca Miller to studies of horror genre production at the more 'disreputable' end of the independent spectrum. Examples of the limits of independence available in some cases within Hollywood, including studies of the work of Stanley Kubrick and Hal Ashby. Case studies of under-researched areas in the margins of American independent cinema, including the Disney nature films and Christian evangelical filmmaking. A number of wider overview chapters that examine contemporary American independent cinema from a number of perspectives. Together, the chapters in the collection offer a unique contribution to the study of independent film in the United States. Contributors: Warren Buckland, Philip Drake, Mark

Gallagher, Geoff King, Peter Krämer, Novotny Lawrence, James MacDowell, Claire Molloy, Michael Z. Newman, Alisa Perren, James Russell, Thomas Schatz, Michele Schreiber, Janet Staiger, Yannis Tzioumakis, Sarah Wharton.

Contents:

Introduction

Independent of what? sorting out differences from hollywood / Janet Staiger

"Independent", "Indie" and "Indiewood": towards a periodisation of contemporary (post-1980) American independent cinema / Yannis Tzioumakis

Thriving or in permanent crisis? Discourses on the state of indie cinema / Geoff King

Quirky: buzzword or sensibility? / James MacDowell

Movies for Hipsters / Michael Z. Newman

Discerning independents: Steven Soderbergh and transhistorical taste cultures / Mark Gallagher

Their own personal velocity: women directors and contemporary independent cinema / Michele Schreiber

Last indie standing: the special case of Lions Gate in the new millennium / Alisa Perren

Conglomerate Hollywood and American independent film / Thomas Schatz

Reputational capital, creative conflict and Hollywood independence: the case of Hal Ashby / Philip Drake

The limits of autonomy: Stanley Kubrick, Hollywood and independent filmmaking, 1950-53 / Peter Krämer

Independent nature: wildlife films between Hollywood and indiewood / Claire Molloy

In Hollywood, but not of Hollywood: independent Christian filmmaking / James Russell

Welcome to the (neo) grindhouse! sex, violence and the indie film / Sarah Wharton

Faux feal? C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America as the response to The Birth of a Nation / Novotny Lawrence

Measuring online word-of-mouth: the initial reception of Inland Empire (2006) on the Web / Warren Buckland.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-50132-0

1-283-86244-1

1-136-50133-9

0-203-14370-1

9780203143704

OCLC:

820719488