Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids : : Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas /

Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids : : Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas / / Alison Macor.

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During the 1990s, Austin achieved "overnight" success and celebrity as a vital place for independent filmmaking. Directors Richard Linklater and Robert Rodriguez proved that locally made films with regional themes such as Slacker and El Mariachi could capture a national audience. Their suc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Macor, Alison,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2010
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction The Hippies and the Cowboys All Looked Alike
  • 1 A Living Nightmare / Tobe Hooper and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • 2 Eagle Pennell and the Rise of Regional Filmmaking
  • 3 Made in Austin / The Austin Chronicle and Red Headed Stranger
  • 4 Slacker / The Least Auteur Film Ever Made
  • 5 The Mariachi Kid / Robert Rodriguez and El Mariachi
  • 6 The Reluctant Quarterback / Richard Linklater and Dazed and Confused
  • 7 Winning the Battle, Losing the War / 188 The Newton Boys
  • 8 The Company Man / Tim McCanlies and Dancer, Texas Pop
  • 9 Office Space / The Making of a Cult Classic
  • 10 Rebel With or Without a Crew / Robert Rodriguez and Spy Kids
  • Conclusion/ Outside the System, Inside the System
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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