American Independent Cinema

by Geoff King (Editor), Claire Molloy (Editor), Yannis Tzioumakis (Editor)

The American independent sector has attracted much attention in recent years, an upsurge of academic work on the subject being accompanied by wider public debate. But many questions remain about how exactly independence should be defined and how its relationship might be understood with other parts of the cinematic landscape, most notably the Hollywood studios. Edited and written by leading authors in the field, American Independent indie, indiewood and beyond offers an examination of the field through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence. A wide variety of examples are included but within a framework that offers insights into how these are related to one another. More specifically this collection Together, the chapters in the collection offer a unique contribution to the study of independent film in the United States. Warren Buckland, Philip Drake, Mark Gallagher, Geoff King, Peter Krämer, Novotny Lawrence, James MacDowell, Claire Molloy, Michael Z. Newman, Alisa Perren, James Russell, Thomas Schatz, Michele Schreiber, Janet Staiger, Yannis Tzioumakis, Sarah Wharton

Genres: Film, Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Geoff King is lecturer in film and television Studies at Brunel University, London.

Reviews

[Will Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my Bible

[Ella · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book on my university module “American Independent Film” as I thought it was such an interesting way in seeing not just how critics choose to define independence, but also how films being separated from Hollywood influences their form, genre, politics etc. I did find King’s book incredibly constructive and insightful into Indie film, but I did feel like sometimes he went on tangents about films, but his criticism and analysis is so interesting. By far one of my favourite university modules of my whole undergrad degree!

[Emageht]

Un bel libro che ci parla di come si proponga il cinema indipendente americano agli occhi del suo potenziale pubblico. Può davvero riuscire a far aprire gli occhi.