Yannis Tzioumakis

American Independent Cinema (eBook, PDF)

Second Edition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This 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 companies. Ordered chronologically, beginning with independent filmmaking in the studio era (examining both top-rank and low-end independent film production), moving to the 1950s and 1960s (discussing both the adoption of independent filmmaking as the main method of production as well as exploitation filmmaking) and finishing with contemporary American independent cinema (exploring areas such as the New Hollywood, the rise of mini-major and major independent companies and the institutionalisation of independent cinema in the 1990s), readers will develop an understanding of the complex dynamic relations between independent and mainstream American cinema. Thoroughly updated to include developments from the mid-2000s onwards, this second edition includes new case studies, a new chapter on American Independent Cinema in the Age of Media Convergence, a new prologue and an enhanced epilogue and bibliography. Each chapter includes case studies focusing on specific films or filmmakers, and independent production and distribution companies are discussed throughout the text.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474416832
• Artikelnr.: 55377155

Autorenporträt

Yannis Tzioumakis is Reader in Film and Media Industries at the University of Liverpool. His research specialises in American independent cinema and the business of media entertainment. His books include American Independent Cinema: An Introduction (EUP, 2006), The Spanish Prisoner (EUP, 2009), and Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories Identities (Intellect, 2011). He is also the co-editor of "American Indies" (EUP), a 6-volume book series that examines key titles from the contemporary US independent film scene.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables List of Case Studies List of Figures Acknowledgements
Prologue to the 2nd Edition Introduction: Problems of Definition and the
Discourse of American Independent Cinema
Part I: American Independent Cinema in the Studio Years (mid-1920s-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 (1930-50s)
Part II: American Independent Cinema in the post-Studio Era (late
1940s-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-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 (early 1980s-present) 7:
Mini-majors and Major Independents 8: The Institutionalisation of American
Independent Cinema 9: American Independent Cinema in the Age of Media
Convergence
Epilogue to the 2nd Edition: From Independent Cinema to Specialty Content
Bibliography Index