American independent cinema : an introduction /
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : problems of definition and the discourse of American independent cinema
- American independent cinema in the studio years (mid-1920s-late 1940s)
- Independent filmmaking in the studio era : tendencies within the studio system
- Independent filmmaking in the studio era : the poverty row studios (1930-50s)
- The transitional years (late 1940s-late 1960s)
- Independence by force : the effects of the Paramount Decree on independent film production
- An audience for the independents : exploitation films for the nation's youth
- Contemporary American independent cinema (late 1960s-present)
- The new Hollywood and the independent Hollywood
- American independent cinema in the age of the conglomerates
- Mini-majors and major independents
- The institutionalisation of American independent cinema
- Epilogue : from independent to 'specialty' cinema.