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Freak scenes : American indie cinema and indie music cultures / Jamie Sexton Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
Call No: 751.0(73) SEXAuthor: Sexton, Jamie Edition: 2023Place: EdinburghPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: 2023PhysDes: viii, 202 pages : illustratedSeries: Music and the moving image seriesSubject: ROCK MUSIC IN FILMS ; INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; ARAKI, GREGG ; COPPOLA, SOFIA ; SMITHEREENS (US, Susan Seidelman, 1982) ; SUBURBIA (US, Penelope Spheeris, 1983) ; PARIAH (US, Randolph Kret, 1998) ; SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (US, Boots Riley, 2018) ; DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILISATION, THE (US, Penelope Spheeris, 1981) ; LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE FABULOUS STAINS (CN, Lou Adler, 1982) Summary: The first academic book to explore indie music and indie music cultures on screen.
Combines historical, cultural, aesthetic and industry analysis to explore the functions and broader appeal of indie music on film
Includes analyses of indie punk scenes on film
Examines gender and racial issues within indie music and film
Freak Scenes explores the increased licensing of indie music and representation of indie music cultures within American independent cinema since the 1980s. Indie music has, since the 2000s, become highlighted in some indie films as an attraction, but this book probes how the appeal of indie music stretches back to the late 1970s, when punk music made its impact on filmmaking.
Sexton looks at a range of issues where indie music and indie film intersect, including commercial concerns, the growth of niche marketing, the increased employment of popular music in cinema and questions of authenticity, as well as the fraught tensions between commercial and artistic concerns. Case studies include: sonic authorship and indie music, representations of punk and indie scenes on screen, and an exploration of how racial and gender issues inform the representation and reception of indie cultures on film. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781474414067Contents: Introduction -- A Brief History of Indie Music in American Indie Film -- Sonic Authorship 1: Gregg Araki -- Sonic Authorship 2: Sofia Coppola -- Documenting Scenes and Performers 1: Punk, Smithereens and Suburbia -- Documenting Scenes and Performers 2: Grunge and Riot Grrrl -- Indie Music, Film, and Race 1: Medicine for Melancholy and Pariah -- Indie Music, Film, and Race 2: Sorry to Bother You -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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SMITHEREENS : (US, Susan Seidelman, 1982)
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Visions of independents : an AFI national film event Sydney: Australian Film Institute, 1984.
Call No: 721.210.4 VISCorpAuthor: Australian Film InstituteEdition: 1984Place: SydneyPublisher: Australian Film InstitutePubDate: 1984PhysDes: 28 p. : illus. ; 21 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS ; OUT (US, Eli Hollander, 1982) ; PROSTITUTE (UK, Tony Garnett, 1980) ; STATIONS (AT, Jackie McKimmie, 1983) ; THIS WOMAN IS NOT A CAR (AT, Margaret Dodd, 1982) ; CHAN IS MISSING (US, Wayne Wang, 1982) ; NIGHT OF SHADOWS (AT, Brian Thompson, 1983) ; ON GUARD (AT, Susan Lambert, 1984) ; GREETINGS FROM WOLLONGONG (AT, Mary Callaghan, 1982) ; GIRL'S OWN STORY, A (AT, Jane Campion, 1983) ; GHOST DANCE (UK/GW, Ken Mullen, 1983) ; IMPOSTORS (GW/US, Mark Rappaport, 1979) ; LAST NIGHT AT THE ALAMO (US, Eagle Pennell, 1983) ; BUCKEYE AND PINTO (AT, Phil Pinder, 1979) ; DOZENS, THE (US, Christine Dall and Randall Conrad, 1980) ; EVERY DAY, EVERY NIGHT (AT, Kathy Mueller, 1984) ; FORDS ON WATER (UK, Barry Bliss, 1983) ; KILLER OF SHEEP (US, Charles Burnett, 1978) ; SLOW MOVES (US, Jon Jost, 1984) ; ASHES AND EMBERS (US, Haile Gerima, 1982) ; JOE'S BED-STUY AND BARBERSHOP: WE CUT HEADS (US, Spike Lee, 1983) ; QUEENSLAND (AT, John Ruane, 1975) ; BROTHERS AND SISTERS (UK, Richard Woolley, 1980) ; KING BLANK (US, Michael Oblowitz, 1982) ; CAFE OF LOVE (AT, Jinks Dulhunty, 1982) ; EMERALD CITIES (US, Richard R. Schmidt, 1983) ; VOICE OVER (UK, Chris Monger, 1981) ; SHADOWPLAY (UK, Oliver Stapleton, 1980) ; EXITS (AT, Paul Davies & Pat Laughren & Carolyn Howard, 1980) ; FILLETING MACHINE, THE (UK, Murray Martin, 1981) ; OUTSIDE IN (UK/GW/NE, Stephen Dwoskin, 1981) ; PLAINS OF HEAVEN, THE (AT, Ian Pringle, 1982) ; SMITHEREENS (US, Susan Seidelman, 1982) ; GOING DOWN (AT, Haydn Keenan, 1982) ; RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN (US, John Sayles, 1980) ; AGAINST THE GRAIN (AT, Tim Burns, 1980) ; SERIOUS UNDERTAKINGS (AT, Helen Grace, 1983) ; WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD (AT, Ned Lander, 1981) ; PURE S (AT, Bert Deling, 1976) ; GAL YOUNG UN (US, Victor Nunez, 1979) ; BURNING AN ILLUSION (UK, Menelik Shabazz, 1981) ; HEARTLAND (US, Richard Pearce, 1979) ; LOOKS AND SMILES (UK, Kenneth Loach, 1981) Notes: Programme for a season of international independent films supporting the 'visions of independence' conference held in Sydney, 29 August - 1 September 1984.
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