03520nam 2200673Ia 450 991078479380332120230721030524.01-281-17235-997866111723501-84150-218-9(CKB)1000000000400337(EBL)329915(OCoLC)560599695(SSID)ssj0000135872(PQKBManifestationID)11137341(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135872(PQKBWorkID)10063624(PQKB)10689726(MiAaPQ)EBC329915(Au-PeEL)EBL329915(CaPaEBR)ebr10211686(CaONFJC)MIL117235(OCoLC)213494205(EXLCZ)99100000000040033720071027d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDeclarations of independence[electronic resource] American cinema and the partiality of independent production /John BerraBristol, UK ;Chicago Intellect20081 online resource (226 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84150-185-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 LineamentsChapter 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 MarketChapter Ten - The Reception of an Alternative Americana: Audiences and American Independent CinemaBibliography; Index; Back Cover""American Independent"" cinema has been an important creative and cultural media entity for the past fifteen years. This title questions the supposed autonomy of this cinema and asks if independent film can possibly survive in the face of the mass-production and profit of Hollywood.Experimental filmsUnited StatesIndependent filmmakersUnited StatesIndependent filmsProduction and directionUnited StatesLow budget filmsUnited StatesMotion picturesProduction and directionUnited StatesExperimental filmsIndependent filmmakersIndependent filmsProduction and directionLow budget filmsMotion picturesProduction and direction791.430973Berra John1463351MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784793803321Declarations of independence3725165UNINA