Format:
1 online resource (170 pages)
ISBN:
9780748693610
Series Statement:
Edinburgh studies in film and intermediality
Content:
Examines crisis, transition and metamorphosis in American independent cinema. By examining six films, all of which conform to the notion of 'indiewood' (King 2005) from a formal perspective, this book argues that American 'indie' cinema is not one merely in crisis, but also of crisis. As a cinema that draws upon an American cinematic heritage that explores various rites of passage (the teen movie, the road movie, the western), these films deal in images of crisis, transition and metamorphosis. This cinema of crisis offers surprisingly subversive and critical images that both engage with and undermine modes of cliched representation and thought by exploring notions of ambiguity and opacity.Key Features: Case studies include: The Virgin Suicides , Elephant , Dead Man , Last Days , Somewhere and Broken Flowers * Engages with and develops on recent scholarship on American independent film from a formal perspective * Situates analysis of indie film within the context of American generic cinematic (and historical) traditions
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017)
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Adolescence: Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (1999) -- Adolescence: Gus Van Sant's Elephant (2003) -- Death: Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (1994) -- Death: Gus Van Sant's Last Days (2004) -- Life-crisis: Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2011) -- Life-crisis: Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers (2005) -- Conclusion: the crisis image - mumblecore and beyond
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, hardback ISBN 9780748693603
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Coppola, Sofia 1971-
;
Jarmusch, Jim 1953-
;
Van Sant, Gus 1952-
;
USA
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Unabhängiger Film
;
Krise
;
Erwachsenwerden
;
Übergangsritus
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