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How do we understand types of cinema that offer experiences of discomfort, awkwardness or disquieting uncertainty? This book examines a number of examples of such work at the heart of contemporary art and indie film. While the commercial mainstream tends to offer comforting viewing experiences - or moments of discomfort that exist largely to be overcome - The Cinema of Discomfort analyses films in which discomfort is offered in a sustained man...

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From films that claim the status of harsh realism to others which embody aspects of the tradition of modernism or the poetic, art cinema encompasses a variety of work from across the globe. But how is art cinema positioned in the film marketplace, or by critics and in academic analysis? Exactly what kinds of cultural value are attributed to films of this type and how can this be explained? This book offers a unique analysis of how such process...

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They believed them to be primitive, they deemed them immoral, they thought them barbaric? they called them The Nutters. Two hundred years after the collapse of the global economy, most of Britain has become a wild and lawless forest. Safe in Nootopia 18, Cola Domingo witnesses something that causes him to question the apparent perfection of his society. Little does he know, his attempts to discover the truth will force him into the domain of t...

Indie films have carved a striking niche in the American cinematic landscape in recent decades, but what exactly is an "indie" film? How can it be understood both as a distinct phenomenon and as part of broader American cultural trends? A Companion to American Indie Film presents a comprehensive collection of original essays offering a state-of-the-art examination of key aspects of the indie film sector--from its origins and evolution to a ran...

Il settore indipendente ha prodotto, negli Stati Uniti, molti film interessanti da "Sesso, bugie e videotape" a "PuIp Fiction", fino ai recentissimi "Crash" e "I segreti di Brokeback Mountain", i film indie costituiscono ormai una realtà produttiva e artistica al di fuori di Hollywood. Ma che cos'é esattamente il cinema "indipendente"? Questo libro ne esamina nel dettaglio le caratteristiche. Se l'indipendenza è definibile in termini industria...

By far the best book on selling I have ever read.  I bought a copy for every member of my sales team.   Guy Barber, Managing Director, TradersBazaar Promotions … entertaining, informative and human.  The charm is there from beginning to end.   Wayne Preece, Services Sales Executive, Microsoft (UK) Ltd Geoff King understands his subject with a rare clarity and communicates it with a rare charm.  This is surely the best book ever written on sell...

PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism

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Edited and written by leading authors in the field, this book offers an examination of American independent cinema through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence.

Elusive, subtle, and atmospheric, "Lost in Translation" was one of the indie hits of 2004, but what was the basis of the film's appeal and how exactly was it marked as distinctly independent? Considering industrial factors, such as strategies in funding and release, to the role of star performance and formal qualities, including the film's low key narrative structure and impressionistic use of visual imagery and sound, this book provides an in...

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Subtitled, "Change & Continuity In Contemporary American Indie Film".

Following the American indie cinema boom of the 1990s and the creation of "specialty" divisions by several Hollywood studios, many predicted an end to both the indie sector's viability and the making of films with ambitions beyond the commercial mainstream. Yet, as Geoff King demonstrates, plenty of distinct indie productions continue to thrive, even in the face of difficult economic circumstances. Recasting the term "indie" to denote a partic...

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Indie films have carved a striking niche in the American cinematic landscape in recent decades, but what exactly is an "indie" film? How can it be understood both as a distinct phenomenon and as part of broader American cultural trends? A Companion to American Indie Film presents a comprehensive collection of original essays offering a state-of-the-art examination of key aspects of the indie film sector--from its origins and evolution to a ran...

Edited and written by leading authors in the field, this book offers an examination of American independent cinema through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence.

What exactly is film comedy and what is the basis for its widespread appeal? Film Comedy uses formal, socio-historical and industrial perspectives to answer this question. What, for example, is the basis of the appeal of gross-out comedy in films such as There's Something About Mary and American Pie? What is the relationship between comedy and narrative, from early silent slapstick to the performance of actors such as Steve Martin and Jim Carr...

This text focuses on the dynamic relationship between narrative and spectacle in Hollywood cinema. It shows how narrative - far from being eclipsed by special effects - remains integral to the cinematic "blockbuster", citing the continuing relevance of the mythic American frontier.