Directory of world cinema : American independent /
American independent
edited by John Berra.
- Bristol : Intellect, 2010.
- 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Directory of world cinema ; v. 2. .
Film of the year : The hurt locker -- Industry spotlight : interviews with Adam Green and Wayne Kramer -- Cultural crossover : John Waters and Baltimore -- Scoring cinema : Mulholland Dr. -- Directors : Stuart Gordon, Charlie Kaufman, David Lynch -- African-American : essay, reviews -- The American nightmare : essay, reviews -- Chemical world : essay, reviews -- Crime Documentary : essay, reviews -- Exploitation USA : essay, reviews -- Familial dysfunction : essay, reviews -- Narrative disorder : essay, reviews -- On the road : essay, reviews -- Queer cinema : essay, reviews -- Rural Americana : essay, reviews -- Slackers : essay, reviews -- The suburbs : essay, reviews -- Underground USA : essay, reviews.
With high-profile Academy Award nominations and an increasing number of big-name actors eager to sign on to promising projects, independent films have been at the forefront in recent years like never before. But the roots of such critical and commercial successes as The Hurt Locker and Precious can be traced to the first boom of independent cinema in the 1960s, when a raft of talented filmmakers emerged to capture the attention of a rapidly growing audience of young viewers. A thorough overview of a thriving sector of cultural production, the Directory of World Cinema: American Independent chro.
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Independent filmmakers--United States. Low budget films--Reviews.--United States Experimental films--Reviews.--United States 20160400. Cine independiente--Historia--Estados Unidos . Cineastas estadounidenses. Cine independiente--Crítica e interpretación--Estados Unidos. Directores de cine independiente--Estados Unidos.