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Auteur(s) : Perren, Alisa (1973-....)
Titre(s) : Indie, inc. [Texte imprimé] : Miramax and the transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s / Alisa Perren
Édition : 1st pbk. ed
Publication : Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2013
Description matérielle : x, 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection : Texas film and media studies series
Lien à la collection : Texas film studies series
Comprend : Finding a niche in the 1990s ; The rise of Miramax and the quality indie blockbuster
(1979-fall 1992) ; The "secret" of Miramax's success: The crying game (winter 1992-spring
1993) ; Corsets, clerks, and criminals: Miramax in the age of Disney (summer 1993-spring
1995) ; Another dimension to the Miramax brand: kids, scream, and the teen audience
(spring 1995-spring 1997) ; Majors, indies, independents: the rise of a three-tier
system (winter 1996-spring 1997) ; Who says life is beautiful? (summer 1997-spring
1999) ; Maxed out: Miramax and Indiewood in the new millennium.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-290) and index
"During the 1990s, films such as sex, lies, and videotape, The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction,
Good Will Hunting, and Shakespeare in Love earned substantial sums at the box office
along with extensive critical acclaim. A disproportionate number of these hits came
from one company: Miramax. Indie, Inc. surveys Miramax's evolution from independent
producer-distributor to studio subsidiary, chronicling how one company transformed
not just the independent film world but the film and media industries more broadly.
As Alisa Perren illustrates, Miramax's activities had an impact on everything from
film festival practices to marketing strategies, talent development to awards campaigning
; Case studies of key films, including The Piano, Kids, Scream, The English Patient,
and Life Is Beautiful, reveal how Miramax went beyond influencing Hollywood business
practices and motion picture aesthetics to shaping popular and critical discourses
about cinema during the 1990s. Indie, Inc. does what other books about contemporary
low-budget cinema have not--it transcends discussions of 'American indies' to look
at the range of Miramax-released genre films, foreign-language films, and English-language
imports released over the course of the decade. The book illustrates that what both
the press and scholars have typically represented as the 'rise of the American independent'
was in fact part of a larger reconfiguration of the media industries toward niche-oriented
products."--Back cover
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Miramax and the transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s
Sujet(s) : Cinéma indépendant -- États-Unis
Cinéma -- États-Unis -- 1990-2020
Miramax -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.430 97309049 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - États-Unis - 1990-1999
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780292754355 (paperback). - ISBN 0292754353 (paperback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43788304w
Notice n° :
FRBNF43788304
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