Down and dirty pictures : Miramax, Sundance and the rise of independent film / Peter Biskind.
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2005Description: viii, 544 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 20 cm001: 43420ISBN: 9780747565710 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Weinstein, Harvey, 1952- | Weinstein, Bob, 1953- | Miramax Films | Sundance Film Festival | Independent filmmakers -- United States | Motion picture industry -- United States | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 791.43 BIS LOC classification: PN1993.5.U5Summary: In the late 1980s a generation of filmmakers inspired by the directors of the 1970s began to flower outside the studio system. In the following decade, the independent movement bloomed. In this volume, Biskind tells the story of these filmmakers and the independent distributors.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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In the late 1980s a generation of filmmakers began to flower outside the Hollywood studio system and in the following decade, the independent film movement bloomed. Dozens of lesser-known filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino began walking away with coveted prizes at Cannes and eventually the Academy Awards. Many of these directors were discovered at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival and then scooped up by Harvey and Bob Weinstein, whose company Miramax laid waste to the competition. In Down and Dirty Pictures , Peter Biskind tells the incredible story of these filmmakers, the growth of Sundance into the premier showcase of independent film, and the meteoric rise of the controversial Weinstein brothers who left a trail of carnage in their wake yet created an Oscar factory that is the envy of the studios.
Originally published: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the late 1980s a generation of filmmakers inspired by the directors of the 1970s began to flower outside the studio system. In the following decade, the independent movement bloomed. In this volume, Biskind tells the story of these filmmakers and the independent distributors.
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