| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
This book offers an examination of the field through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (ebrary platform, viewed October 8, 2014) |
| Subject |
Independent films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Independent filmmakers -- United States
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Performing Arts.
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Independent filmmakers
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Independent films
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
King, Geoff, 1960-
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Molloy, Claire
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Tzioumakis, Yannis
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| ISBN |
9780203143704 |
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0203143701 |
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9781136501333 |
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1136501339 |
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9781136501289 |
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1136501282 |
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9781136501326 |
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1136501320 |
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