LEADER 04396nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910973529503321 005 20250219110635.0 010 $a9780292778290 010 $a0292778295 010 $a9780292792920 010 $a0292792921 024 7 $a10.7560/706057 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006526 035 $a(OCoLC)613699725 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10372221 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413749 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319715 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413749 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383905 035 $a(PQKB)10421390 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443466 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372221 035 $a(DE-B1597)587101 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292792920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7171678 035 $a(OCoLC)1382696134 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7171678 035 $a(Perlego)3815674 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006526 100 $a20090616d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChainsaws, slackers, and spy kids $ethirty years of filmmaking in Austin, Texas /$fAlison Macor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780292706057 311 08$a0292706057 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction The Hippies and the Cowboys All Looked Alike -- $t1 A Living Nightmare / Tobe Hooper and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -- $t2 Eagle Pennell and the Rise of Regional Filmmaking -- $t3 Made in Austin / The Austin Chronicle and Red Headed Stranger -- $t4 Slacker / The Least Auteur Film Ever Made -- $t5 The Mariachi Kid / Robert Rodriguez and El Mariachi -- $t6 The Reluctant Quarterback / Richard Linklater and Dazed and Confused -- $t7 Winning the Battle, Losing the War / 188 The Newton Boys -- $t8 The Company Man / Tim McCanlies and Dancer, Texas Pop -- $t9 Office Space / The Making of a Cult Classic -- $t10 Rebel With or Without a Crew / Robert Rodriguez and Spy Kids -- $tConclusion/ Outside the System, Inside the System -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDuring the 1990s, Austin achieved "overnight" success and celebrity as a vital place for independent filmmaking. Directors Richard Linklater and Robert Rodriguez proved that locally made films with regional themes such as Slacker and El Mariachi could capture a national audience. Their success helped transform Austin's homegrown film community into a professional film industry staffed with talented, experienced filmmakers and equipped with state-of-the art-production facilities. Today, Austin struggles to balance the growth and expansion of its film community with an ongoing commitment to nurture the next generation of independent filmmakers. Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids chronicles the evolution of this struggle by re-creating Austin's colorful movie history. Based on revealing interviews with Richard Linklater, Robert Rodriguez, Mike Judge, Quentin Tarantino, Matthew McConaughey, George Lucas, and more than one hundred other players in the local and national film industries, Alison Macor explores how Austin has become a proving ground for contemporary independent cinema. She begins in the early 1970s with Tobe Hooper's horror classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and follows the development of the Austin film scene through 2001 with the production and release of Rodriguez's $100-million blockbuster, Spy Kids. Each chapter explores the behind-the-scenes story of a specific movie, such as Linklater's Dazed and Confused and Judge's Office Space, against the backdrop of Austin's ever-expanding film community. 606 $aMotion picture industry$zTexas$zAustin$xHistory 606 $aMotion pictures$xProduction and direction 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xHistory. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xProduction and direction. 676 $a791.4309764/31 700 $aMacor$b Alison$f1966-$01621773 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973529503321 996 $aChainsaws, slackers, and spy kids$94324757 997 $aUNINA