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