Outsider features : American independent films of the 1980s
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Outsider features : American independent films of the 1980s
（Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 52）
Greenwood Press, 1996
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Kobe Shoin Women's University Library / Kobe Shoin Women's College Library
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-147) and index
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Description
In the early 1980s, serious American independent films including Stranger Than Paradise, Blood Simple, and She's Gotta Have It attracted ever-widening audiences, culminating with Steven Soderbergh's award-winning sex, lies, and videotape. This film, which won the Cannes Film Festival's top award and took more than $30 million at the box office in the United States alone, capped a remarkable decade for off-Hollywood filmmakers. Outsider Features takes an in-depth look at 10 of the most successful independent feature films made during this decade, from John Sayles's seminal and groundbreaking The Return of the Secaucus Seven to Michael Moore's wry and irreverent Roger & Me, the most lucrative non-music documentary ever made. Outsider Features offers accounts of the genesis of each film, complete synopses and critical analyses, and biographies of each filmmaker.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Intruders in the Enchanters' Domain All Together Now: The Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980) Koan-undrum: Chan Is Missing (1981) Punk's Progress: Smithereens (1982) Deadpan Alley: Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Neon Nior: Blood Simple (1984) Brooklyn Broach: She's Gotta Have It (1986) Lust's Labors Lost: Working Girls (1986) Oddities and Odysseys: The Thin Blue Line (1988) Louisiana Story: sex, lies, and videotape (1989) Rust Belt Requium: Roger & Me (1989) Bibliography
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