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.