American independent cinema : an introduction / Yannis Tzioumakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tzioumakis, Yannis, author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Independent filmmakers--United States--Case studies.

Independent filmmakers.

Independent films--Economic aspects--United States.

Independent films.

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

Motion picture industry--United States--History--20th century.

Motion picture industry.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction : problems of definition and the discourse of American independent cinema

American independent cinema in the studio years (mid-1920s-late 1940s)

Independent filmmaking in the studio era : tendencies within the studio system

Independent filmmaking in the studio era : the poverty row studios (1930-50s)

The transitional years (late 1940s-late 1960s)

Independence by force : the effects of the Paramount Decree on independent film production

An audience for the independents : exploitation films for the nation's youth

Contemporary American independent cinema (late 1960s-present)

The new Hollywood and the independent Hollywood

American independent cinema in the age of the conglomerates

Mini-majors and major independents

The institutionalisation of American independent cinema

Epilogue : from independent to 'specialty' cinema.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tzioumakis, Yannis. American independent cinema.

ISBN:

0748627286

9780748627288

1280538325

9781280538322

Publisher Number:

99985224140

9780748627288

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