03901oam 2200649I 450 991081211140332120230617003656.01-134-57620-X1-134-57621-81-280-24034-20-203-31296-1978661024034010.4324/9780203312964 (CKB)1000000000448107(EBL)199367(OCoLC)252737167(SSID)ssj0000129586(PQKBManifestationID)11147521(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129586(PQKBWorkID)10078802(PQKB)10955390(Au-PeEL)EBL199367(CaPaEBR)ebr10163254(CaONFJC)MIL24034(OCoLC)62284930(MiAaPQ)EBC199367(EXLCZ)99100000000044810720180706d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContemporary American independent film from the margins to the mainstream /edited by Chris Holmlund and Justin WyattLondon ;New York :Routledge,2005.1 online resource (321 p.)Includes bibliographical references and index.0-415-25487-6 0-415-25486-8 Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: from the margins to the mainstream; PART I Critical formations; 2 Introduction to 'critical formations'; 3 Ordinary people, European-style: or how to spot an independent feature; 4 Independence for independents; 5 Dimension Pictures: portrait of a 1970s' independent; 6 End of the indies: Death of the Sayles men; 7 Alternative cinemas; PART II Cult film/cool film; 8 'Queen of the indies': Parker Posey's niche stardom and the taste cultures of independent film9 Dark, disturbing, intelligent, provocative, and quirky: avant-garde cinema of the 1980s and 1990s10 Communitarianism, film entrepreneurism, and the crusade of Troma Entertainment; PART III Iconoclasts and 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 IV Identity hooks cultural binds; 14 Generation Q's ABCs: queer kids and 1990s' independent films; 15 Just another girl outside the neo-indie16 Guests at The Wedding Banquet: the cinema of the Chinese diaspora and the rise of the American independentsPART V Shifting markets, changing media; 17 Revisiting 1970s' independent distribution and marketing strategies; 18 Digital deployment(s); 19 The IFC and Sundance: channeling independence; IndexFrom Easy Rider to The Blair Witch Project, this book is a comprehensive examination of the independent film scene. Exploring the uneasy relationship between independent films and the major studios, the contributors trace the changing ideas and definitions of independent cinema, and the diversity of independent film practices.They consider the ways in which indie films are marketed and distributed, and how new technologies such as video, cable and the internet, offered new opportunities for filmmakers to produce and market independent films.Turning to the worMotion picturesUnited StatesHistoryIndependent filmmakersUnited StatesMotion picturesHistory.Independent filmmakers791.43/0973Holmlund Chris1668997Wyatt Justin1963-1616594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812111403321Contemporary American independent film4116562UNINA