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Independent cinema / D. K. Holm.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Kamera booksPublication details: Harpenden : Kamera, 2008.Description: 158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plates (chiefly color) ; 20 cm + 1 videodisc (DVD : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 1904048706 (pbk.)
  • 9781904048701 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.430/09
LOC classification:
  • PN 1995.9 H747i 2008
Contents:
1. Introduction : what is an independent film? -- 2. Independent cinema as alternative to commercial storytelling : Jill and Karen Sprecher -- 3. Independent cinema as stepping stone : James Mangold -- 4. Independent cinema as autobiography : Whit Stillman -- 5. Independent cinema as truly independent : Guy Maddin -- 6. The future of independent cinema -- 7. Interviews with Lance Weiler & Bilge Ebiri -- Independent film resources.
Summary: Just what is 'independent' cinema? D. K. Holm aims to define a term all too carelessly used both by media commentators and marketers, and distinguish it from categories such as avant-garde, underground, experimental or 'art' films, with which it is often confused....
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1995.9 H747i 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000120637

Includes DVD biography of Amos Vogel, founder of the New York Film Festival, and Cinema 16, a society formed to support independent film.

Accompanying DVD has title: Film as a subversive art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16 / producer-director, Paul Cronin ; Sticking Place Films (2003 ; ca. 55 min.)

Includes bibliographical references (p.142-148) and index.

1. Introduction : what is an independent film? -- 2. Independent cinema as alternative to commercial storytelling : Jill and Karen Sprecher -- 3. Independent cinema as stepping stone : James Mangold -- 4. Independent cinema as autobiography : Whit Stillman -- 5. Independent cinema as truly independent : Guy Maddin -- 6. The future of independent cinema -- 7. Interviews with Lance Weiler & Bilge Ebiri -- Independent film resources.

Just what is 'independent' cinema? D. K. Holm aims to define a term all too carelessly used both by media commentators and marketers, and distinguish it from categories such as avant-garde, underground, experimental or 'art' films, with which it is often confused....

DVD, NTSC.

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