tailieunhanh - American Independent Cinema

From the lowest-budget, most formally audacious or politically radical to the quirky, the offbeat, the cultish and the more conventional, the independent sector has thrived in American cinema in the past two decades, producing a body of work that stands out from the dominant Hollywood mainstream and that includes many of the most distinctive films to have appeared in the USA in recent years. It represents a challenge to Hollywood, although also one that has been embraced by the commercial mainstream to a substantial extent. Major formerly independent distributors such as Miramax and New Line are attached to Hollywood studios. | American Independent Cinema Geoff King Reprinted in 2009 by Co Ltd 6 Salem Road London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10010 In the United States of America and in Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan a division of St Martin s Press 175 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10010 First published in 2005 by Co Ltd Copyright Geoff King 2005 The right of Geoff King to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review this book or any part thereof may not be reproduced stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN 978 1 85043 937 0 Hardback ISBN 978 1 85043 938 7 Paperback A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress catalog card available Typeset in Bembo by Steve Tribe Andover Printed and bound in India by Thomson Press India Limited Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction How Independent 1 1. Industry 11 2. Narrative 59 3. Form 105 4. Genre 165 5. Alternative Visions Social Political and Ideological Dimensions of Independent Cinema 197 Coda Merging with the Mainstream or Staying Indie 261 Notes 265 Select Bibliography 277 Index .