Contemporary American independent film : from the margins to the mainstream / edited by Chris Holmlund and Justin Wyatt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holmlund, Chris.

Wyatt, Justin, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Independent filmmakers--United States.

Independent filmmakers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Easy Rider to The Blair Witch Project, this book is a comprehensive examination of the independent film scene. Exploring the uneasy relationship between independent films and the major studios, the contributors trace the changing ideas and definitions of independent cinema, and the diversity of independent film practices.They consider the ways in which indie films are marketed and distributed, and how new technologies such as video, cable and the internet, offered new opportunities for filmmakers to produce and market independent films.Turning to the wor

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: from the margins to the mainstream; PART I Critical formations; 2 Introduction to 'critical formations'; 3 Ordinary people, European-style: or how to spot an independent feature; 4 Independence for independents; 5 Dimension Pictures: portrait of a 1970s' independent; 6 End of the indies: Death of the Sayles men; 7 Alternative cinemas; PART II Cult film/cool film; 8 'Queen of the indies': Parker Posey's niche stardom and the taste cultures of independent film

9 Dark, disturbing, intelligent, provocative, and quirky: avant-garde cinema of the 1980s and 1990s10 Communitarianism, film entrepreneurism, and the crusade of Troma Entertainment; PART III Iconoclasts and auteurs; 11 John Sayles, independent filmmaker: 'Bet on yourself'; 12 Haile Gerima: 'Sacred shield of culture'; 13 Seminal fantasies: Wakefield Poole, pornography, independent cinema and the avant-garde; PART IV Identity hooks cultural binds; 14 Generation Q's ABCs: queer kids and 1990s' independent films; 15 Just another girl outside the neo-indie

16 Guests at The Wedding Banquet: the cinema of the Chinese diaspora and the rise of the American independentsPART V Shifting markets, changing media; 17 Revisiting 1970s' independent distribution and marketing strategies; 18 Digital deployment(s); 19 The IFC and Sundance: channeling independence; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-57620-X

1-134-57621-8

1-280-24034-2

0-203-31296-1

9786610240340

9780203312964

OCLC:

252737167