American Independent Cinema : : Second Edition.

• Author: Tzioumakis, Yannis.
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (353 pages)

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Table of Contents

Cover -- Title page -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of case studies -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements for the first edition -- Acknowledgements for the second edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Introduction: problems of definition and the discourse of American independent cinema -- Notes -- Part I. American independent cinema in the studio years (mid-1920s to late 1940s) -- 1. Independent filmmaking in the studio era: tendencies within the studio system -- Introduction -- The first independents -- Independents before the formation of the studios -- Independents in the age of oligopoly -- The second period (1940-8) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. Independent filmmaking in the studio era: the Poverty Row studios and beyond (1930s to 1950s) -- Introduction -- The first period (1930-9) -- The second period (1940 to early 1950s) -- Conclusion -- Beyond Poverty Row: ethnic films -- Notes -- Part II. American independent cinema in the post-studio era (late 1940s to late 1960s) -- 3. Independence by force: the effects of the Paramount decree on independent film production -- Introduction -- The Paramount decree -- The post-war recession -- Identity crisis -- United Artists' revival -- Independent production the United Artists way -- The reasons for United Artists' success -- The triumph of a brand of independent production … and of the majors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4. An audience for the independents: exploitation films for the nation's youth -- Introduction -- The emergence of the teenager and the rise of the youth audience -- From Poverty Row to exploitation and showmanship -- The era of the drive-in theatres -- Low-end independents against television -- The exploitation teenpic and the companies behind it -- The majors and the low-budget exploitation market -- Conclusion -- Notes.

Part III. American independent cinema and the 'New Hollywood' (late 1960s to late 1970s) -- 5. The New Hollywood and the independent Hollywood -- Introduction -- The New American Cinema -- The influence of John Cassavetes -- The New Hollywood -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6. American independent cinema in the age of the conglomerates -- Introduction -- Raising the stakes -- Economic opportunities in the low-budget independent sector (late 1960s to 1974) -- The end of exploitation as we know it -- The gradual rise and rapid fall of American International Pictures -- From the theatrical to the video market -- A new hope: the birth of the new American independent cinema -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part IV. Contemporary American independent cinema (1980s to date) -- 7. Mini-majors and major independents -- Introduction -- A star is born -- The new Orion constellation -- The shining star -- The fading star -- The last bonfires -- The fall -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8. The institutionalisation of American independent cinema -- Introduction -- A business of co-dependants -- Institutional framework (1): organisations dedicated to supporting independent filmmaking, finance opportunities and independent distributors -- Institutional framework (2): the studio specialty film divisions -- The aesthetics factor -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 9. American independent cinema in the age of media convergence -- Introduction -- The success of indiewood -- The studio pullout and the demise of Miramax -- Beyond indiewood: digital filmmaking and the regeneration of American independent cinema -- Conclusion: consolidation and independence, oligopoly and autonomy -- Notes -- Epilogue: from independent cinema to specialty content -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.