American Independent Cinema : : Second Edition / / Yannis Tzioumakis.

A history of independent cinema in the US from an industrial perspectiveThis introduction to American Independent Cinema offers both a comprehensive industrial and economic history of the sector from the early twentieth century to the present and a study of key individual films, filmmakers and film...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2017
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Case studies
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2 Independent filmmaking in the studio era: the Poverty Row studios and beyond (1930s to 1950s)
  • 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
  • 4 An audience for the independents: exploitation films for the nation's youth
  • Part III American independent cinema and the 'New Hollywood' (late 1960s to late 1970s)
  • 5 The New Hollywood and the independent Hollywood
  • 6 American independent cinema in the age of the conglomerates
  • Part IV Contemporary American independent cinema (1980s to date)
  • 7 Mini-majors and major independents
  • 8 The institutionalisation of American independent cinema
  • 9 American independent cinema in the age of media convergence
  • Epilogue: from independent cinema to specialty content
  • Bibliography
  • Index