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Underground U. S. A. Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon

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ISBN-10: 0231162790

ISBN-13: 9780231162791

Edition: 2002

Authors: Xavier Mendik, Steven Jay Schneider, Lloyd Kaufman

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Whether defined by the carnivalesque excesses of Troma studios ( The Toxic Avenger), the arthouse erotica of Radley Metzger and Doris Wishman, or the narrative experimentations of Abel Ferrara, Melvin Van Peebles, Jack Smith, or Harmony Korine, underground cinema has achieved an important position within American film culture. Often defined as "cult" and "exploitation" or "alternative" and "independent," the American underground retains separate strategies of production and exhibition from the cinematic mainstream, while its sexual and cinematic representations differ from the traditionally conservative structures of the Hollywood system. Underground U.S.A. offers a fascinating overview of…    
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Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Publication date: 3/26/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 0.72" wide x 0.91" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English