..., and Romantic irony, linking these principles to the twenty-first century theory of metamodernism. It then connects these concepts to the films discussed, drawing on historically relevant film movements and previous scholarship on American independent film. It concludes with overviews of subsequent chapters...

... deterritorialisation post structuralism dissolution adulthood childhood disintegration gender Cobain Kurt masculinity Augé M non identity non place time as series Bordwell D American Indie Cinema American Independent Cinema Art Cinema Independent film Indie Film Sofia Coppola Jim Jarmusch Gus Van...

... world Western Deleuze American Indie Cinema American Independent Cinema Art Cinema Independent film Indie Film Jim Jarmusch Crisis Rites of Passage Dead Man is set in America during the 1870s. It relates the tale of William Blake, a white middle-class accountant from...

.... This biography gives way to a discussion of the filmmaker’s experiences in the independent film industry as a woman director and an artist who defines success as controlling her artistic vision. The overview of Reichardt’s early growth and experiences as a student and filmmaker, informs the production details...

... Power within Organisations Organisational Structures and Decision-Making Organisational Leadership Independent film-makers Recoupment Spin Stakeholder Relationships The objectives pursued by the Film Council and the way in which it understood and articulated its mission gradually shifted...

... 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 for the Hollywood majors as well as exploitation filmmaking) and finishing...

... devices, and so on. Far from Heaven is genuinely unique and idiosyncratic. It is perhaps this uniqueness that most clearly marks Far from Heaven as a truly independent film. Dylan Bob I'm Not There Poison Superstar The Karen Carpenter Story Velvet Goldmine Blanchett...

... events in China’s independent viewing and production culture are discussed in detail, including a wave of independent film festival shutdowns since 2011. Speculative comments are offered about the state’s evolving attitude towards the independent documentary realm. Dhondup Wangchen Leaving Fear Behind...

... Group Lipscomb Lila Miramax Wolfowitz Paul Wisconsin School Spears Britney Stupid White Men Congress US House of New Left Rumsfeld Donald USA Patriot Act Harvey David Rudin Scott Lansing Sherry Republican Party Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Hollywood Independent film “Allegory lite...

...This chapter addresses some of the issues of independent film to investigate the practice of sequelisation, and subsequently its meaning and currency. The specific commercial strategies inherent in the indie sequel cooperate with a variety of artistic and personal aims. The sequel is utilised...

... audience expectations avant garde cinema Certain Women documentary style long takes Meek’s Cutoff minimalism realism River of Grass segmentation Feminist avant-garde cinema Independent Film Cinematic Pleasure Hollywood Auteur Theory Andre Bazin The challenge with this kind of filmmaking...

... visibility skeuomorphs archival auteurism data erasure legacy preservation protest Gilliam Terry Digital Film Independent Film Production Studies Film Studies Digital Humanities Methods Sally Potter 2012 Digital dilemma From Film Practice to Data Process explicitly...

...This introductory chapter discusses the problems involved in defining the term ‘independent filmmaking.’ By citing several examples of 'unlikely' independent films (such as Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace) alongside more likely label carriers (such as Memento...

... somnambulists any space whatever American Indie Cinema American Independent Cinema Art Cinema Independent film Indie Film Sofia Coppola Crisis Rites of Passage Violence Feminism The Virgin Suicides is set in Michigan during the 1970s and relates the story of five teenage girls...

... metamorphosis opsigns Orr J communitas sexuality trip ballad Rodowick D N affirmation eternal return liminality Nietzsche F passivism Bogue R optical image thought Astatke Mulatu neophyte ressentiment American Independent Cinema Art Cinema Independent film Indie Film Sofia Coppola Crisis...

... of the false adulthood Bell K female body girlhood Harris A Kirke Jemima post feminism femininity Whelehan I action image any space whatever passengers sexual liminal Cinema of crisis Crisis Mumblecore American Independent Cinema Art Cinema Independent film Indie Film Rites of Passage...

... War Al Qaeda Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern Borgnine Ernest Bush George W Darton Eric Gray John Republican ‘crisis’ Scarry Elaine Virilio Paul Yamasaki Minoru Bush administration Department of Defense Revisionism 11′09″01 Empire Independent film One of the more remarkable...

...Memento emerged into the new landscape of twenty-first-century independent film. This book is centrally concerned with placing Memento within that terrain constituted of the various discourses which construct independence. It explores the context of the film's...