LEADER 04050nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910826922303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-74287-8 010 $a0-292-73715-7 024 7 $a10.7560/729124 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046245 035 $a(EBL)3443592 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000580813 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11965957 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000580813 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10606957 035 $a(PQKB)11624306 035 $a(OCoLC)794672458 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17565 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443592 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10565385 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7171677 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443592 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7171677 035 $a(OCoLC)1382696131 035 $a(DE-B1597)587506 035 $a(OCoLC)1280945294 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292737150 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046245 100 $a20111121d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIndie, inc$b[electronic resource] $eMiramax and the transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s /$fAlisa Perren 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 1 $aTexas film and media studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-72912-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFinding a niche in the 1990's -- The rise of Miramax and the quality indie blockbuster (1979-fall 1992) -- The "secret" of Miramax's success: The crying game (winter 1992-spring 1993) -- Corsets, clerks, and criminals: Miramax in the age of Disney (summer 1993-spring 1995) -- Another dimension to the Miramax brand: kids, scream, and the teen audience (spring 1995-spring 1997) -- Majors, indies, independents: the rise of a three-tier system (winter 1996-spring 1997) -- Who says life is beautiful? (summer 1997-spring 1999) -- Maxed out: Miramax and indiewood in the new millennium. 330 $aDuring the 1990s, films such as sex, lies, and videotape, The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, and Shakespeare in Love earned substantial sums at the box office along with extensive critical acclaim. A disproportionate number of these hits came from one company: Miramax. Indie, Inc. surveys Miramax?s evolution from independent producer-distributor to studio subsidiary, chronicling how one company transformed not just the independent film world but the film and media industries more broadly. As Alisa Perren illustrates, Miramax?s activities had an impact on everything from film festival practices to marketing strategies, talent development to awards campaigning. Case studies of key films, including The Piano, Kids, Scream, The English Patient, and Life Is Beautiful, reveal how Miramax went beyond influencing Hollywood business practices and motion picture aesthetics to shaping popular and critical discourses about cinema during the 1990s. Indie, Inc. does what other books about contemporary low-budget cinema have not?it transcends discussions of ?American indies? to look at the range of Miramax-released genre films, foreign-language films, and English-language imports released over the course of the decade. The book illustrates that what both the press and scholars have typically represented as the ?rise of the American independent? was in fact part of a larger reconfiguration of the media industries toward niche-oriented products. 410 0$aTexas film and media studies series. 517 3 $aMiramax and the transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s 606 $aIndependent filmmakers$zUnited States 615 0$aIndependent filmmakers 676 $a791.43023092 700 $aPerren$b Alisa$01622218 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826922303321 996 $aIndie, inc$93955955 997 $aUNINA