American Independent Cinema: An Introduction 9780748618668, 9780748618675, 9780813539713, 074861866X, 0748618678, 0813539714, 9780748627288

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Table of contents :
CONTENTS......Page 6
ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
TABLES......Page 12
CASE STUDIES......Page 13
FIGURES......Page 14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 15
INTRODUCTION PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION AND THE DISCOURSE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA......Page 20
Part I AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA IN THE STUDIO YEARS (MID-1920s–LATE 1940s)......Page 36
1 INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING IN THE STUDIO ERA: TENDENCIES WITHIN THE STUDIO SYSTEM......Page 38
2 INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING IN THE STUDIO ERA: THE POVERTY ROW STUDIOS (1930–50s)......Page 82
Part II THE TRANSITIONAL YEARS (LATE 1940s–LATE 1960s)......Page 118
3 INDEPENDENCE BY FORCE: THE EFFECTS OF THE PARAMOUNT DECREE ON INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCTION......Page 120
4 AN AUDIENCE FOR THE INDEPENDENTS: EXPLOITATION FILMS FOR THE NATION’S YOUTH......Page 154
Part III CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA (LATE 1960s–PRESENT)......Page 186
5 THE NEW HOLLYWOOD AND THE INDEPENDENT HOLLYWOOD......Page 188
6 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA IN THE AGE OF THE CONGLOMERATES......Page 211
7 MINI-MAJORS AND MAJOR INDEPENDENTS......Page 241
8 THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA......Page 265
EPILOGUE FROM INDEPENDENT TO ‘SPECIALTY’ CINEMA......Page 300
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 304
INDEX......Page 312

American Independent Cinema: An Introduction
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