num_pages: 544
description: DOWN AND DIRTY PICTURES chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines the Sundance Film Festival and Miramax Films that have powered them. Peter Biskind profiles the people who took the independent movement from obscurity to the Oscars, most notably Sundance founder Robert Redford and Harvey Weinstein, who with his brother, Bob, made Miramax an indie powerhouse.
language: English
title: Down and Dirty Pictures
titlecomplete: Down and Dirty Pictures
genres: Cultural, Business, Biography, Writing, Media Tie In, Nonfiction, Film, Pop Culture, Journalism, History
ratings_count: 3323
publisher: Simon & Schuster