LEADER 03517nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910806966103321 005 20240416144641.0 010 $a1-281-17235-9 010 $a9786611172350 010 $a1-84150-218-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000400337 035 $a(EBL)329915 035 $a(OCoLC)560599695 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000135872 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137341 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135872 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10063624 035 $a(PQKB)10689726 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC329915 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL329915 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211686 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL117235 035 $a(OCoLC)213494205 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000400337 100 $a20071027d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeclarations of independence $eAmerican cinema and the partiality of independent production /$fJohn Berra 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBristol, UK ;$aChicago $cIntellect$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84150-185-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 327 $aChapter 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 327 $aChapter Ten - The Reception of an Alternative Americana: Audiences and American Independent CinemaBibliography; Index; Back Cover 330 $a""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. 606 $aExperimental films$zUnited States 606 $aIndependent filmmakers$zUnited States 606 $aIndependent films$xProduction and direction$zUnited States 606 $aLow budget films$zUnited States 606 $aMotion pictures$xProduction and direction$zUnited States 615 0$aExperimental films 615 0$aIndependent filmmakers 615 0$aIndependent films$xProduction and direction 615 0$aLow budget films 615 0$aMotion pictures$xProduction and direction 676 $a791.430973 700 $aBerra$b John$01596892 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806966103321 996 $aDeclarations of independence$93945941 997 $aUNINA