US Independent Film After 1989 : : Possible Films / / Claire Perkins, Constantine Verevis.

A study of US independent films marginalized in and by the rise of 'indie' cultureIn contemporary film and popular culture the terms 'independent' and 'indie' hold instant recognition and considerable cultural cachet. As both a brand of American filmmaking and a keynote...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 20 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Possible Films
  • Chapter 1 All the Real Girls (2003): Indie Love
  • Chapter 2 Bubble (2005): The Network Society
  • Chapter 3 Buffalo '66 (1998): The Radical Conventionality of an Indie Happy Ending
  • Chapter 4 The Exploding Girl (2009): The Everyday and the Occluded Gaze
  • Chapter 5 Frozen River (2008): Mobility and Uncertain Boundaries
  • Chapter 6 Jesus' Son (1999): 'I Knew Every Raindrop by Its Name'
  • Chapter 7 Keane (2004): Cold Comfort Camera
  • Chapter 8 Kicking and Screaming (1995): The Significance of Slightness
  • Chapter 9 Laurel Canyon (2002): Lacuscular Cinema
  • Chapter 10 Living in Oblivion (1995): How Mistaking Chad for Brad Could Not Overcome the Commercial Limitations of the Self-Reflexive Cycle
  • Chapter 11 Lovely & Amazing (2001): Naked Chick Flick
  • Chapter 12 Old Joy (2006): Resisting Masculinity
  • Chapter 13 Pariah (2011): Coming Out in the Middle
  • Chapter 14 Primer (2004): A Primer in First-Time Indie Filmmaking
  • Chapter 15 Rachel Getting Married (2008): Personal Cinema and the Smart-Chick Film
  • Chapter 16 Secretary (2002): Purple Pose, Indie Masochism, Bruised Romance
  • Chapter 17 Waitress (2007): Tragedy and Authorship in an Indie 'Meta-Movie'
  • Chapter 18 The Weight of Water (2000): A Spectacular, if Transformative Failure
  • Chapter 19 Winter's Bone (2010): Modest Deals and Film Adaptation
  • Chapter 20 You Can Count on Me (2000): Living in Dependence
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index