American independent cinema : indie, indiewood and beyond / / edited by Geoff King, Claire Molloy and Yannis Tzioumakis

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2013; Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273p)
• Disciplina: 791.4302/3092
• Soggetto topico: Independent films - United States - History and criticism; Independent filmmakers - United States
• Altri autori: KingGeoff <1960-> MolloyClaire TzioumakisYannis
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Independent of what? sorting out differences from hollywood / Janet Staiger -- "Independent", "Indie" and "Indiewood": towards a periodisation of contemporary (post-1980) American independent cinema / Yannis Tzioumakis -- Thriving or in permanent crisis? Discourses on the state of indie cinema / Geoff King -- Quirky: buzzword or sensibility? / James MacDowell -- Movies for Hipsters / Michael Z. Newman -- Discerning independents: Steven Soderbergh and transhistorical taste cultures / Mark Gallagher -- Their own personal velocity: women directors and contemporary independent cinema / Michele Schreiber -- Last indie standing: the special case of Lions Gate in the new millennium / Alisa Perren -- Conglomerate Hollywood and American independent film / Thomas Schatz -- Reputational capital, creative conflict and Hollywood independence: the case of Hal Ashby / Philip Drake -- The limits of autonomy: Stanley Kubrick, Hollywood and independent filmmaking, 1950-53 / Peter Krämer -- Independent nature: wildlife films between Hollywood and indiewood / Claire Molloy -- In Hollywood, but not of Hollywood: independent Christian filmmaking / James Russell -- Welcome to the (neo) grindhouse! sex, violence and the indie film / Sarah Wharton -- Faux feal? C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America as the response to The Birth of a Nation / Novotny Lawrence -- Measuring online word-of-mouth: the initial reception of Inland Empire (2006) on the Web / Warren Buckland.
• Sommario/riassunto: The American independent sector has attracted much attention in recent years, an upsurge of academic work on the subject being accompanied by wider public debate. But many questions remain about how exactly independence should be defined and how its relationship might be understood with other parts of the cinematic landscape, most notably the Hollywood studios. Edited and written by leading authors in the field, American Independent Cinema: indie, indiewood and beyond offers an examination of the field through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence. A wide variety of examples are included but within a framework that offers insights into how these are related to one another. More specifically this collection offers: an account of recent developments as well as reviewing, reassessing and revising a number of central positions, approaches and arguments relating to various parts of the independent and/or indie sector. Individual case studies that range from the distinctive qualities of the work of established 'quality' filmmakers such as Wes Anderson, Steven Soderbergh and Rebecca Miller to studies of horror genre production at the more 'disreputable' end of the independent spectrum. Examples of the limits of independence available in some cases within Hollywood, including studies of the work of Stanley Kubrick and Hal Ashby. Case studies of under-researched areas in the margins of American independent cinema, including the Disney nature films and Christian evangelical filmmaking. A number of wider overview chapters that examine contemporary American independent cinema from a number of perspectives. Together, the chapters in the collection offer a unique contribution to the study of independent film in the United States. Contributors: Warren Buckland, Philip Drake, Mark; Gallagher, Geoff King, Peter Krämer, Novotny Lawrence, James MacDowell, Claire Molloy, Michael Z. Newman, Alisa Perren, James Russell, Thomas Schatz, Michele Schreiber, Janet Staiger, Yannis Tzioumakis, Sarah Wharton.
• Titolo autorizzato: American independent cinema
• ISBN: 1-136-50132-0; 1-283-86244-1; 1-136-50133-9; 0-203-14370-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910973110203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II