With high-profile Academy Award nominations and an increasing number of big-name actors eager to sign on to promising projects, independent films have been at the forefront in recent years like never before. But the roots of such critical and commercial successes as "The Hurt Locker" and "Precious "can be traced to the first boom of independent cinema in the 1960s, when a raft of talented filmmakers emerged""to capture the attention of a rapidly growing audience of young viewers.
A thorough overview of a thrivingarea of cultural life, "Directory of World Cinema: American Independent"...
With high-profile Academy Award nominations and an increasing number of big-name actors eager to sign on to promising projects, independent films h...
From Andy Warhol s Factory films to Roger Corman s exploitation productions to contemporary features backed by Hollywood studio subdivisions, American independent cinema has undergone several incarnations since its emergence as a politically charged underground movement in the 1960s. Today, with high-profile Academy Award nominations and an increasing number of big-name actors eager to sign on to promising projects, these films garner more interest than ever before. Newly revised and expanded, the "Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 2" extends its chronicle of the independent...
From Andy Warhol s Factory films to Roger Corman s exploitation productions to contemporary features backed by Hollywood studio subdivisions, Ameri...
The title of Li Yu s film "Lost in Beijing" evokes the experience of many first-time visitors to China s bustling capital. The city s sprawling structure and rapid redevelopment embodied by the high-rise apartments taking over historic districts render Beijing s streets hard to navigate and its culture is just as difficult to penetrate. "World Film Locations: Beijing" is a revealing and engrossing introduction to both.In a series of spotlight essays and illustrated scene reviews, a cast of seasoned scholars and fresh new voices explore the vast range of films encompassing drama, madcap...
The title of Li Yu s film "Lost in Beijing" evokes the experience of many first-time visitors to China s bustling capital. The city s sprawling str...
Celebrating Shanghai s rich cinematic history, the films covered here represent a lengthy time period, from the first Golden Age of Chinese Cinema in the 1930s to the city s status as an international production hub in 2013. Given the enduring status of Shanghai as the Paris of the East, World Film Locations: Shanghaiemphasizes the city s cosmopolitan glamour through locations that are steeped in cinematic exoticism, while also probing the reality behind the image by investigating its backstreets and residential zones. To facilitate this study of Shanghai s dual identity through...
Celebrating Shanghai s rich cinematic history, the films covered here represent a lengthy time period, from the first Golden Age of Chinese Cinema in ...
Back for a second encore following the success of the first two installments, this volume takes as its subject not the genres or movements that constitute the cinema of the Land of the Rising Sun but the filmmakers themselves. Focusing entirely on directors, the contributors here offer over forty essays on key Japanese auteurs, ranging from the Golden Age to the New Wave to the present day, including of trend-setting and taboo-breaking genre specialists who have achieved a significant cult following. Though the spotlight is on the filmmakers, this new volume continues to consider a wide...
Back for a second encore following the success of the first two installments, this volume takes as its subject not the genres or movements that consti...