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UNINA9910806966103321 |
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Autore |
Berra John |
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Titolo |
Declarations of independence : American cinema and the partiality of independent production / / John Berra |
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Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-17235-9 |
9786611172350 |
1-84150-218-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Experimental films - United States |
Independent filmmakers - United States |
Independent films - Production and direction - United States |
Low budget films - United States |
Motion pictures - Production and direction - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One - Genesis: Modern American Independent Cinema and its Position within an Industry of Mass Production; Chapter Two - Ancestry of Independence: Easy Rider and the Declaration of a New American Cinema; Chapter Three - The Art of the Possible: Hollywood Feature Film Production since 1970; Chapter Four - Oppositional Fantasies: The Economic Structure of American Independent Cinema and its Essential Lineaments |
Chapter Five - Loyalty to the Rhetoric: Four American Film-makers and their Commitment to an Autonomous Mode of Cultural ProductionChapter Six - Graduating Class: American Independent Cinema as Finishing School; Chapter Seven - A Cultural Comparison: British Independent Cinema and its Relation to its American Counterpart; Chapter Eight - Selective Exhibition: The Sundance Film Festival and its Significance to the Independent Sector; Chapter Nine - The Business of Art: Miramax Films and the Cultivation of the Niche Market |
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