Contemporary American Independent Film: From the Margins to the Mainstream

ISBN-13: 9780415254861 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 320 str.

Chris Holmlund

Opis

This anthology addresses the salient aesthetic, ideological and economic determinants of independent American cinema over the past three decades

Spis treści

1. Introduction: From the Margins to the Mainstream  Part 1: Critical Formations  2. Introduction to 'Critical Formations'  3. The Independent Feature Movement  4. Independence for Independents  5. Dimension Pictures: Portrait of a 1970s Independent  6. End of the Indies  7. Alternative Cinemas  Part 2: 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 1990s  10. Communitarianism, Film Entrepreneurism and the Crusade of Troma Entertainment  Part 3: Iconoclasts & 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 4: 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 Independents  Part 5: Shifting Markets, Changing Media  17. Revisiting 1970s Independent Distribution and Marketing Strategies  18. Digital Deployment(s)  19. The IFC and Sundance: Channeling Independence

O autorze

Chris Holmlund is Professor of Cinema Studies, Women's Studies and French at the University of Tennessee. She is the author of (Routledge, 2003) and co-editor of (Minnesota University Press, 1997). She is working on a book on action films.
Justin Wyatt is Executive Director, Research at the ABC Television Network. He holds a Ph.D. in Critical Studies from UCLA, and is the author of (University of Texas Press, 1994) and (Flicks Books, 1998).