An inspiration to European filmmakers and to mainstream Hollywood, U.S. independent cinema blossomed in the late '80s and '90s with an enormous variety of idiosyncratic and challenging film coming to the fore. Sight and Sound magazine captured much of the excitement of this vital, intelligent, and often quirky cinema as it happened. American Independent Cinema, part of a new series of Sight and Sound readers, brings together interviews with directors, features on major genres, and reviews of some of the key films...
An inspiration to European filmmakers and to mainstream Hollywood, U.S. independent cinema blossomed in the late '80s and '90s with an enormous variety of idiosyncratic and challenging film coming to the fore. Sight and Sound magazine captured much of the excitement of this vital, intelligent, and often quirky cinema as it happened. American Independent Cinema, part of a new series of Sight and Sound readers, brings together interviews with directors, features on major genres, and reviews of some of the key films released during the past 20 years. Editor Jim Hillier adopts a broad definition of U.S. indie film, including material on the Coen brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Gus van Sant, Jim Jarmusch, Rose Troche, Todd Haynes, Hal Hartley, and other directors. Contributors include leading U.S. critics Amy Taubin, Ruby Rich, and J. Hoberman. Several new pieces written especially for this volume provide additional context for an enormously diverse wave of cinematic activity.
Writers include leading US critics Amy Taubin, Ruby Rich, J. Hoberman and many more.
In addition several new pieces provide additional context for an enormously diverse 'wave' of cinematic activity.
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