Stranger than paradise
Subtitle: maverick film-makers in recent American cinema
By: Geoff Andrew
Edition: 1st Limelight ed.
Publisher: Limelight Editions
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780879102777
Subjects: Filmregisseur; Low budget films; Independent filmmakers; Unabhängiger Film; Motion picture producers and directors; History and criticism; Biography
Description: "As Hollywood has continued to unreel action spectaculars with budgets as extravagant as their special effects, American film has at the same time been revitalized by the growth of the "indie scene." This burgeoning cinematic culture is distinguished not only by the ability of young film-makers to perform magic on a low budget, but also by the stylistic freshness and thematic originality of their work.

Stranger Than Paradise is a critical survey of that work - the films of the most talented, audacious, and influential American directors of the last two decades."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published: London : Prion Books, 1998.

Includes index.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Gary Oldman; title: Introduction; title: A brief (pre)history of indie cinema; title: David Lynch; title: John Sayles; title: Wayne Wang; title: Jim Jarmusch; title: The Coen Brothers; title: Spike Lee; title: Todd Haynes; title: Steven Soderbergh; title: Hal Hartley; title: Quentin Tarantino; title: New kids on the block; title: Towards an indie cineman.