Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 3
Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 3 (Book)
This third volume of the successful Directory of World Cinema series to focus on American independent filmmaking presents in-depth essays on forty-four filmmakers who have primarily worked outside the mainstream or on its industrial margins. Contributors offer close analyses of the work of both widely acknowledged auteurs and little-known provocateurs who deserve much wider recognition. Major names discussed include Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, Dennis Hopper, Sofia Coppola and Darren Aronofsky, with attention also paid to cult directors like Larry Cohen, Zalman King and Ti West. The resulting book is both a who's who of contemporary independent cinema in America and a reminder that the ways of making films outside the studio system are incredibly varied – and can be powerfully effective.
Edition
John Berra is a lecturer in Film and Language Studies at Renmin University of China. He is the author of Declarations of Independence: American Cinema and the Partiality of Independent Production (2008); editor of the Directory of World Cinema: American Independent volumes 1, 2 and 3; editor of the Directory of World Cinema:Japan volumes 1, 2 and 3; co-editor of World Film Locations: Beijing (2012) and World Film Locations: Shanghai (2014); and co-editor of the East Asian Journal of Popular Culture. He has also contributed to Electric Shadows: A Century of Chinese Cinema (2014). He is also a contributor to magazines, including Electric Sheep and Film International.
Acknowledgements
Introduction by the Editor
Films of the Year
Advantageous
Blue Ruin
Boyhood
Citizenfour
The Guest
Inside Llewyn Davis
Listen Up Philip
Nightcrawler
Spring Breakers
Upstream Color
Welcome to New York
Whiplash
Industry Spotlight
BBS Productions
Interview with Alex Kendrick of Kendrick Brothers Productions/ Sherwood Pictures
Interview with Chris Chan Lee
Scoring Cinema
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Directors
Allison Anders
Wes Anderson
Darren Aronofsky
Ralph Bakshi
Noah Baumbach
John Cassavetes
Lisa Cholodenko
Larry Cohen
Sofia Coppola
Jonathan Demme
Brian De Palma
Samuel Fuller
David Gordon Green
Todd Haynes
Nicole Holofcener
Tobe Hooper
Dennis Hopper
Jim Jarmusch
Rian Johnson
Spike Jonze
Richard Kelly
Zalman King
William Klein
Spike Lee
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Terrence Malick
David Mamet
John Cameron Mitchell
Errol Morris
Jeff Nichols
Tyler Perry
Kelly Reichardt
Jason Reitman
Robert Rodriguez
George A Romero
Paul Schrader
Steven Soderbergh
Todd Solondz 250
Whit Stillman
Quentin Tarantino
Gus Van Sant
Wayne Wang
Ti West
Alice Wu
Recommended Reading
American Independent Cinema Online
Test Your Knowledge
Notes On Contributors
Filmography
'Forty-four individuals representing a cross section of American independent cinema are considered in well-written essays by scholars and writers of film. Contributors critically analyze the body of work of filmmakers who range from those who helped define the independent label, such as John Cassavetes; to fan favorites, such as Quentin Tarantino; to lesser-known artists, such as Alice Wu.'
