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After "happily ever after" : romantic comedy in the post-romantic age / edited by Maria San Filippo; foreword by Tamar Jeffers McDonald Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 2021.
Call No: 733.3 AFTEdition: 2021Place: Detroit, MichiganPublisher: Wayne State University PressPubDate: 2021PhysDes: xviii, 362 pages : illustrated ; 23 cmSeries: Contemporary approaches to film and media seriesSubject: ROMANTIC COMEDY ; ALLEN, WOODY ; DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART 2 [DAAN GYUN NAAM YU 2] (HK/C, Johnnie To, 2014) ; CRAZY RICH ASIANS (US, Jon M. Chu, 2018) ; HONG SANG-SOO ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; UP IN SMOKE (US, Lou Adler, 1978) ISBN: 9780814346747
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American independent cinema : a sight and sound reader / edited by Jim Hillier London: British Film Institute, 2001.
Call No: 71(73) AMEAuthor: Hillier, Jim Place: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2001PhysDes: xvii, 283 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: USA ; INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; CASSAVETES, JOHN ; BRAKHAGE, STAN ; WARHOL, ANDY ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ; BLACK FILMMAKERS. US ; DASH, JULIE ; DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (US, Julie Dash, 1991) ; RIGGS, MARLON ; TONGUES UNTIED (US, Marlon Riggs, 1989) ; CROOKLYN (US, Spike Lee, 1994) ; FRIDAY (US, F. Gary Gray, 1995) ; CLOCKERS (US, Spike Lee, 1995) ; LEE, SPIKE ; GIRL SIX (US, Spike Lee, 1996) ; GET ON THE BUS (US, Spike Lee, 1996) ; SLAM (US, Marc Levin, 1998) ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; POISON (US, Todd Haynes, 1991) ; MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (US, Gus Van Sant, 1991) ; VAN SANT, GUS ; SWOON (US, Tom Kalin, 1992) ; GO FISH (US, Rose Troche, 1994) ; TOTALLY F***ED UP (US, Gregg Araki, 1993) ; HAYNES, TODD ; SAFE (US, Todd Haynes, 1995) ; DOOM GENERATION, THE (US, Gregg Araki, 1995) ; PEIRCE, KIMBERLY ; BOYS DON'T CRY (US, Kimberly Peirce, 1999) ; JARMUSCH, JIM ; NIGHT ON EARTH (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1991) ; SLACKER (US, Richard Linklater, 1990) ; SURE FIRE (US, Jon Jost, 1990) ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; BEFORE SUNRISE (US, Richard Linklater, 1995) ; LIVING IN OBLIVION (US, Tom DiCillo, 1995) ; WALKING AND TALKING (US, Nicole Holofcener, 1996) ; HARTLEY, HAL ; HENRY FOOL (US, Hal Hartley, 1997) ; HAPPINESS (US, Todd Solondz, 1998) ; GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1999) ; TIMECODE (US, Mike Figgis, 2000) ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; SHORT CUTS (US, Robert Altman, 1993) ; ANDERSON, PAUL THOMAS ; BOOGIE NIGHTS (US, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997) ; MAGNOLIA (US, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) ; FERRARA, ABEL ; BAD LIEUTENANT (US, Abel Ferrara, 1992) ; BLACKOUT, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1997) ; ADDICTION, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1995) ; FUNERAL, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1996) ; JONZE, SPIKE ; BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (UK/US, Spike Jonze, 1999) ; KORINE, HARMONY ; GUMMO (US, Harmony Korine, 1997) ; JULIEN DONKEY-BOY (US, Harmony Korine, 1999) ; LYNCH, DAVID ; TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (US, David Lynch, 1992) ; LOST HIGHWAY (US, David Lynch, 1996) ; SAYLES, JOHN ; CITY OF HOPE (US, John Sayles, 1991) ; LONE STAR (US, John Sayles, 1996) ; LIMBO (US, John Sayles, 1999) ; HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (US, John McNaughton, 1986) ; ONE FALSE MOVE (US, Carl Franklin, 1991) ; BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, THE (US, Maggie Greenwald, 1993) ; EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES (US, Gus Van Sant, 1993) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; Tarantino, Quentin ; USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (US, Bryan Singer, 1995) ; BOUND (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1996) ; NORMAL LIFE (US, John McNaughton, 1996) ; THIS WORLD, THEN THE FIREWORKS (US, Michael Oblowitz, 1997) ; JACKIE BROWN (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1997) ; BIG LEBOWSKI, THE (US, Joel Coen, 1998) ; OUT OF SIGHT (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1998) ; LIMEY, THE (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1999) ; SODERBERGH, STEVEN ; HANGIN' WITH THE HOMEBOYS (US, Joseph B. Vasquez, 1991) ; JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. (US, Leslie Harris, 1992) ISBN: 0851707580 : ¦40.00; 0851707599(pbk.) : ¦12.99LON: 20980358
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Cinema of outsiders : the rise of American independent film / Emanuel Levy New York: New York University Press, c1999.
Call No: 71(73) LEVAuthor: Levy, Emanuel, 1947 Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: New York University PressPubDate: c1999PhysDes: xiii, 601 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; OUTSIDERS IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; FILM NOIR ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS ; COMEDIES. USA ; BLACK CINEMA. US ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA ; FESTIVALS. PARK CITY. SUNDANCE ; ARAKI, GREGG ; NUNEZ, VICTOR ; BROOKS, ALBERT ; SMITH, KEVIN ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; FERRARA, ABEL ; WATERS, JOHN (US) ; HARTLEY, HAL ; HAYNES, TODD ; JARMUSCH, JIM ; JOST, JON ; LEE, SPIKE ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; LYNCH, DAVID ; MAMET, DAVID ; NAIR, MIRA ; SAYLES, JOHN ; CASSAVETES, NICK ; SODERBERGH, STEVEN ; SOLONDZ, TODD ; SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1989) ; BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984) ; BOYZ N THE HOOD (US, John Singleton, 1991) ; IN THE COMPANY OF MEN (US, Neil Labute, 1997) ; GAS FOOD LODGING (US, Allison Anders, 1992) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; RESERVOIR DOGS (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1992) ; MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973) Summary: "Cinema of Outsiders is the first and only comprehensive chronicle of contemporary independent movies from the late 1970s up to the present. From the hip, audacious early works of maverick David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, and Spike Lee, to the contemporary Oscar-winning success of indie dynamos, such as the Coen brothers (Fargo), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), and Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade), Levy describes in a lucid and accessible manner the innovation and diversity of American indies in theme, sensibility, and style."--BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-571) and indexISBN: 0814751237 (alk. paper)LON: 20253533
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Cinematic encounters 2 : portraits and polemics / Jonathan Rosenbaum Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press, 2019.
Call No: 670 ROSAuthor: Rosenbaum, Jonathan Edition: 2019Place: Urbana, Chicago, and SpringfieldPublisher: University of Illinois PressPubDate: 2019PhysDes: 312 pages ; 23cmSubject: DIRECTORS ; AKERMAN, CHANTAL ; BROOKS, JAMES L. ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; DEMY, JACQUES ; DREYER, CARL TH. ; GIANVITO, JOHN ; JARMUSCH, JIM ; LEWIS, JERRY ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; MADDIN, GUY ; MAY, ELAINE ; OLIVEIRA, MANOEL DE ; OLMI, ERMANNO ; YASUJIRO OZU ; POTTER, SALLY ; RAPPAPORT, MARK ; RESNAIS, ALAIN ; RIVETTE, JACQUES ; TARR, BELA ; MING-LIANG, TSAI ; WELLES, ORSON Summary: Eschewing the idea of film reviewer-as-solitary-expert, Jonathan Rosenbaum continues to advance his belief that a critic's ideal role is to mediate and facilitate our public discussion of cinema. Portraits and Polemics presents debate as an important form of cinematic encounter whether one argues with filmmakers themselves, on behalf of their work, or with one's self.
Rosenbaum takes on filmmakers like Chantal Akerman, Richard Linklater, Manoel De Oliveira, Mark Rappaport, Elaine May, and Béla Tarr. He also engages, implicitly and explicitly, with other writers, arguing with Pauline Kael—and Wikipedia—over Jacques Demy, with the Hollywood Reporter and Variety reviewers of Jarmusch’s The Limits of Control, with David Thomson about James L. Brooks, and with many American and English film critics about misrepresented figures from Jerry Lewis to Yasujiro Ozu to Orson Welles. Throughout, Rosenbaum mines insights, pursues pet notions, and invites readers to join the fray. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780252084386Contents: Introduction: In Defense of Polemical Criticism -- 1. Chantal Akerman -- 2. James L. Brooks -- 3. Luis Buñuel -- 4. Pedro Costa -- 5. André Delvaux -- 6. Jacques Demy -- 7. Carl Dreyer -- 8. John Gianvito -- 9. Jim Jarmusch -- 10. Jia Zhangke -- 11. Jerry Lewis -- 12. Richard Linklater -- 13. Guy Maddin -- 14. Elaine May -- 15. Manoel de Oliveira -- 16. Ermanno Olmi -- 17. Yasujiro Ozu -- 18. Sally Potter -- 19. Mark Rappaport -- 20. Alain Resnais -- 21. Jacques Rivette -- 22. Béla Tarr -- 23. Tsai Ming-liang -- 24. Orson Welles – Index.
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Independent visions : a critical introduction to recent independent American film / Donald Lyons New York: Ballantine, 1994.
Call No: 71(73) LYOAuthor: Lyons, Donald Place: New YorkPublisher: BallantinePubDate: 1994PhysDes: xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 21 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; ALMEREYDA, MICHAEL ; ANDERS, ALLISON ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; DASH, JULIE ; DAVIS, JUDY ; EGOYAN, ATOM ; FERRARA, ABEL ; HARTLEY, HAL ; LEE, SPIKE ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; PHOENIX, RIVER ; SODERBERGH, STEVEN ; Tarantino, Quentin ; VAN SANT, GUS ; ARAKI, GREGG ; BIGELOW, KATHRYN ; DICKERSON, ERNEST R. ; GOMEZ, NICK ; JARMUSCH, JIM ; LEHMANN, MICHAEL ; MORRISSEY, PAUL ; O'BRIEN, JOHN ; COCHRAN, STACY ; COOLIDGE, MARTHA ; DAVIS, TAMRA ; FRANKLIN, CARL ; HARRIS, LESLIE ; LEGROS, JAMES ; LYNCH, DAVID ; MCNAUGHTON, JOHN ; MUNCH, CHRISTOPHER ; THORNTON, BILLY BOB ; RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT ; ROCKWELL, ALEXANDRE ; SINGLETON, JOHN ; SAYLES, JOHN ; SAVOCA, NANCY ; GAS FOOD LODGING (US, Allison Anders, 1992) ; MARIACHI, EL (US, Robert Rodriguez, 1992) ; BOYZ N THE HOOD (US, John Singleton, 1991) ; BODIES, REST & MOTION (US, Michael Steinberg, 1993) ; BARTON FINK (US, Joel Cohen, 1991) ; PASSION FISH (US, John Sayles, 1992) ; ONE FALSE MOVE (US, Carl Franklin, 1991) ; MYSTERY TRAIN (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1989) ; MY NEW GUN (US, Stacy Cochran, 1992) ; MS 45 (US, Abel Ferrara, 1981) ; METROPOLITAN (US, Whit Stillman, 1990) ; MALA NOCHE (US, Gus Van Sant, 1986) ; JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. (US, Leslie Harris, 1992) ; JUICE (US, Ernest R. Dickerson, 1992) ; IN THE SOUP (US, Alexandre Rockwell, 1992) ; HOURS AND TIMES, THE (US, Christopher Munch, 1992) ; HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (US, John McNaughton, 1986) ; HEATHERS (US, Michael Lehmann, 1989) ; GUN CRAZY (US, Joseph H.Lewis, 1949) ; LIVING END, THE (US, Gregg Araki, 1992) ; MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (US, Gus Van Sant, 1991) ; NAKED LUNCH (CN/UK, David Cronenberg, 1991) ; BAD LIEUTENANT (US, Abel Ferrara, 1992) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; DRUGSTORE COWBOY (US, Gus Van Sant, 1989) ; RAMBLING ROSE (US, Martha Coolidge, 1991) ; RESERVOIR DOGS (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1992) ; SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1989) ; SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (US, Spike Lee, 1986) ; SIMPLE MEN (US, Hal Hartley, 1992) ; SLACKER (US, Richard Linklater, 1990) ; TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (US, Charles Burnett, 1990) ; TRUE LOVE (US, Nancy Savoca, 1989) ; TRUST (US, Hal Hartley, 1990) ; UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, THE (US, Hal Hartley, 1989) ; VERMONT IS FOR LOVERS (US, John O'Brien, 1992) ; WILD AT HEART (US, David Lynch, 1990) Notes: Includes filmography and indexISBN: 0345382498 (pbk.)LON: 11029535
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Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTIONPhysDes: ClippingsSubject: LINKLATER, RICHARD
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Personal visions : conversations with contemporary film directors / by Mario Falsetto Los Angeles: Silman-James, 2000.
Call No: 802.25 FALAuthor: Falsetto, Mario Edition: 1st ed.Source: USPlace: Los AngelesPublisher: Silman-JamesPubDate: 2000PhysDes: xviii, 529 p. ; 23 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS ; STOPKEWICH, LYNNE ; RADFORD, MICHAEL ; HYTNER, NICHOLAS ; ALMEREYDA, MICHAEL ; CAMPION, ANNA ; DAVIES, TERENCE ; DICILLO, TOM ; EGOYAN, ATOM ; GORDON, KEITH ; JORDAN, NEIL ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; MACLEAN, ALISON ; MCNAUGHTON, JOHN ; RIDLEY, PHILIP ; ROSS, BENJAMIN ; RUDOLPH, ALAN ; TOLKIN, MICHAEL Summary: A collection of interviews with seventeen contemporary independent filmmakers, who discuss their creative visions, careers, and the film industry.ISBN: 9781879505513Contents: -- Michael Almereyda -- Anna Campion -- Terence Davies -- Tom DiCillo -- Atom Egoyan -- Keith Gordon -- Nicholas Hytner -- Neil Jordan -- Richard Linklater -- Alison Maclean -- John McNaughton -- Michael Radford -- Philip Ridley -- Benjamin Ross -- Alan Rudolph -- Lynne Stopkewich -- Michael Tolkin
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Projections 4 1/2 : film-makers on film-making / edited by John Boorman and Walter Donohue London: Faber and Faber, 1995.
Call No: 802 PRO v.4 1/2Author: Boorman, John, 1933 ; Donohue, Walter CorpAuthor: PositifPlace: LondonPublisher: Faber and FaberPubDate: 1995PhysDes: vii, 312 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: Keaton, Buster ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; ASSAYAS, OLIVIER ; WARHOL, ANDY ; BOORMAN, JOHN ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; PRICE, VINCENT ; LANG, FRITZ ; EASTWOOD, CLINT ; FREARS, STEPHEN ; FULLER, SAMUEL ; ALLEN, WOODY ; KIESLOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF ; MALLE, LOUIS ; MARKER, CHRIS ; OPHULS, MARCEL ; REISZ, KAREL ; VON STROHEIM, ERICH ; RUIZ, RAUL ; SEN, MRINAL ; TAVERNIER, BERTRAND ; ALMEREYDA, MICHAEL ; JARMAN, DEREK ; LOWENSTEIN, RICHARD ; POTTER, SALLY ; ROUSSELOT, PHILIPPE ; TOLKIN, MICHAEL ; WARD, VINCENT ; ZINNEMANN, FRED ; ANGELOPOULOS, THEO ; AVATI, PUPI ; MARVIN, LEE ; BREILLAT, CATHERINE ; BRISSEAU, JEAN-CLAUDE ; CAVALIER, ALAIN ; CHABROL, CLAUDE ; BUGIN, HARRY ; COMENCINI, LUIGI ; DE FILIPPO, EDUARDO ; CORMAN, ROGER ; CORNEAU, ALAIN ; DEVILLE, MICHEL ; DIEGUES, CARLOS ; EGOYAN, ATOM ; MACKENDRICK, ALEXANDER ; GAAL, ISTVAN ; GREENAWAY, PETER ; HARRIS, JAMES B. ; HELLMAN, MONTE ; IOSELIANI, OTAR ; BARNET, BORIS ; KAZAN, ELIA ; KEZDI-KOVACS, ZSOLT ; KIAROSTAMI, ABBAS ; KLOPCIC, MATJAZ ; A TOUT ALLURE (FR, Robert Kramer, 1982) ; LATTUADA, ALBERTO ; LECONTE, PATRICE ; LEIGH, MIKE ; LOACH, KENNETH ; MAKAVEJEV, DUSAN ; PEREIRA DOS SANTOS, NELSON ; MINGOZZI, GIANFRANCO ; MONICELLI, MARIO ; PARRISH, ROBERT ; PENN, ARTHUR ; PINTILIE, LUCIAN ; POLANSKI, ROMAN ; RIPSTEIN, ARTURO ; RISI, DINO ; RISSIENT, PIERRE ; ROHMER, ERIC ; ROSI, FRANCESCO ; RUDOLPH, ALAN ; SARMIENTO, VALERIA ; SAUTET, CLAUDE ; SCHATZBERG, JERRY ; SCHRADER, PAUL ; SIJAN, SLOBODAN ; STEVENIN, JEAN-FRANCIS ; TAVIANI, PAOLO & VITTORIO ; VARDA, AGNES ; YANG, EDWARD ; ZANUSSI, KRZYSZTOF ; ZULAWSKI, ANDREJ ; KERRIGAN, LODGE ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; RIDLEY, PHILIP ; ROBERTS, JULIA ; RUSSELL, DAVID O. ; SHERMAN, VINCENT ; DAVIS, BETTE ; SIEGEL, DAVID ; MCGEHEE, SCOTT ; SODERBERGH, STEVEN ; TOBACK, JAMES ; BABY DOLL (US, Elia Kazan, 1956) ; TEOREMA (IT, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968) ; ESPIRITU DE LA COLMENA, EL (SP, Victor Erice, 1973) ; SZEGENYLEGENYEK (HU, Miklos Jancso, 1966) ; ALBERO DEGLI ZOCCOLI, L' (IT, Ermanno Olmi, 1978) ; VERTIGO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; GENERAL, THE (US, Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1927) ; HUSTLER, THE (US, Robert Rossen, 1961) ; MIRAGE (US, Edward Dmytryk, 1965) ; BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL [DEUS E O DIABO NA TERRA DO SOL] (BL, Glauber Rocha, 1964) ; POSITIF Notes: "In association with Positif."; "Centenary edition"--P. viiISBN: 0571176097LON: abn96057645; 12129416
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Spike, Mike, slackers & dykes : a guided tour across a decade of American independent cinema / John Pierson with the conversational collaboration of Kevin Smith London: Faber and Faber, 1996, c1995.
Call No: 210.2(73) PIEAuthor: Pierson, John Place: LondonPublisher: Faber and FaberPubDate: 1996, c1995PhysDes: 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. USA ; FESTIVALS. PARK CITY. SUNDANCE ; WARNER BROS. ; MIRAMAX FILMS ; SMITH, KEVIN ; WEISS, ROB ; MOORE, MICHAEL ; TROCHE, ROSE ; TURNER, GUINEVERE ; LEE, SPIKE ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; BORDEN, LIZZIE ; Pierson, John ; GOMEZ, NICK ; JARMUSCH, JIM ; MORRIS, ERROL ; AMONGST FRIENDS (US, Rob Weiss, 1993) ; ANNA (US, Yurek Bogayevicz, 1987) ; CLERKS (US, Kevin Smith, 1994) ; MALLRATS (US, Kevin Smith, 1995) ; GO FISH (US, Rose Troche, 1994) ; PARTING GLANCES (US, Bill Sherwood, 1986) ; STRANGER THAN PARADISE (US/GW, Jim Jarmusch, 1984) ; WORKING GIRLS (US, Lizzie Borden, 1986) ; ROGER AND ME (US, Michael Moore, 1989) ; SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (US, Spike Lee, 1986) ; HOOP DREAMS (US, Steve James, 1994) ; SLACKER (US, Richard Linklater, 1990) ; THIN BLUE LINE, THE (US, Errol Morris, 1988) Notes: First published in the USA in 1995 by Hyperion/Miramax; Includes indexISBN: 0571179142 (pbk.)LON: 13149590
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The Sundance kids : How the mavericks took back Hollywood / James Mottram London: Faber and Faber, 2006.
Call No: 802.25(71) MOTAuthor: Mottram, James Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Faber and FaberPubDate: 2006PhysDes: xxix, 480 p. : ill. ; 24cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ; SODERBERGH, STEVEN ; Tarantino, Quentin ; RUSSELL, DAVID O. ; RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; FINCHER, DAVID ; JONZE, SPIKE ; ANDERSON, PAUL THOMAS ; ANDERSON, WES ; LEONARD, ELMORE ; COPPOLA, SOFIA ; PEIRCE, KIMBERLY ; SINGER, BRYAN ; KAUFMAN, CHARLIE ; PAYNE, ALEXANDER Summary: From Publishers Weekly
Mottram covers the same territory Sharon Waxman did in 2005's Rebels on the Backlot, including extensive considerations of directors Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino, but the British film journalist adds several filmmakers into the mix, including Sofia Coppola and Wes Anderson, concentrating primarily on hot young talents discovered at the Sundance Film Festival. He's also more interested in what's on the screen than Waxman was, so nearly every chapter has lengthy analyses of the movies discussed. But these interpretive flights distract from the reportage, especially when Mottram dismisses successful directors like Robert Rodriguez (who arguably have taken back Hollywood) because he doesn't consider movies like Spy Kids mature enough for serious consideration, or when he insists on linking every modern maverick to a counterpart in '70s cinema. He also links some films together by simplistic means, grouping a trilogy of films set in high schools in one chapter and building another chapter around Elmore Leonard adaptations. Mottram does give insight into the career trajectories of a few of his subjects, most notably Soderbergh, David Fincher and Bryan Singer, making his history a useful starting point.Notes: Includes notes, general index and index of filmsISBN: 0571222676
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