100 American Independent Films

Jason Wood

• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781844572892
• eBook ISBN: 9781838713911
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film History & Criticism

This revised and updated new edition provides a guide to 100 of the most interesting and influential American independent films, from Bonnie and Clyde to Junebug by way of Reservoir Dogs and The Blair With Project with an introduction to the genre and a rich selection of images from the films discussed, plus key credits.

Index

Page numbers in bold indicate a film’s main entry; those in italic denote illustrations.

Academy Awards here, here

nominations here, here, here, here

Acker, Kathy here

ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) here–here

Adams, Amy here, here

Adams, Brooke here, here, here

Adams, Randall here–here

Adaptation (2002) here

African-American cinema here–here, here–here, here–here, here–here, here–here, here–here, here–here

Agee, Arthur here–here

AIDS here–here here, here, here–here, here–here, here–here, here

All the Real Girls (2003) here–here, here

Allen, Woody here, here, here

Alligator (1980) here

Almereyda, Michael here, here, here–here

The Alphabet (1968) here

Alphaville (1965) here

Altman, Robert here, here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here

Amateur (1994) here

American Beauty (1999) here

American Film Institute here

The American Friend (1977) here

Anders, Allison here–here

Anderson, Brad here–here

Anderson, Jeff here, here

Anderson, Paul Thomas here–here, here, here–here, here

Anderson, Wes here–here

Andrew, Geoff here

Angel City (1977) here–here

Anger, Kenneth here, here

The Animal Factory (2001) here, here

Another Girl, Another Planet (1992) here, here, here–here

Antonioni, Michelangelo here

Apollo 13 (1995) here

Araki, Gregg xi, here, here–here...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Preface to the 2009 Edition, Tom Kalin
• Preface to the 2004 Edition, Scott McGehee and David Siegel
• Introduction
• Angel City, Jon Jost, 1977
• Another Girl, Another Planet, Michael Almereyda, 1992
• Bad Lieutenant, Abel Ferrara, 1992
• Badlands, Terrence Malick, 1973
• Being John Malkovich, Spike Jonze, 1999
• Billy Jack, Tom Laughlin, 1971
• The Blair Witch Project, Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez, 1999
• Blood Simple, Joel Coen, 1983
• Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997
• Born in Flames, Lizzie Borden, 1983
• Boys Don’t Cry, Kimberly Peirce, 1999
• Boyz N the Hood, John Singleton, 1991
• Brick, Rian Johnson, 2005
• Buffalo ’66, Vincent Gallo, 1997
• Candy Mountain, Robert Frank, Rudy Wurlitzer, 1987
• Chain, Jem Cohen, 2004
• Chan Is Missing, Wayne Wang, 1981
• Clean, Shaven, Lodge Kerrigan, 1993
• Clerks, Kevin Smith, 1993
• Crumb, Terry Zwigoff, 1995
• Daughters of the Dust, Julie Dash, 1991
• Detour, Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945
• Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly, 2001
• Dont Look Back, D. A. Pennebaker, 1967
• Drugstore Cowboy, Gus Van Sant, 1989
• Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper, 1969
• Eating Raoul, Paul Bartel, 1982
• El Mariachi, Robert Rodriguez, 1992
• Eraserhead, David Lynch, 1976
• The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi, 1982
• Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Russ Meyer, 1965
• Gas Food Lodging, Allison Anders, 1991
• George Washington, David Gordon Green, 2000
• Girlfight, Karyn Kusama, 1999
• Go Fish, Rose Troche, 1994
• Gummo, Harmony Korine, 1997
• Half Nelson, Ryan Fleck, 2006
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, John McNaughton, 1986
• Hoop Dreams, Steve James, 1994
• In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Alex Holdridge, 2007
• In the Company of Men, Neil LaBute, 1997
• Junebug, Phil Morrison, 2005
• Juno, Jason Reitman, 2007
• Kids, Larry Clark, 1995
• Killer of Sheep, Charles Burnett, 1977
• The Kill-Off, Maggie Greenwald, 1989
• The Last Seduction, John Dahl, 1993
• The Living End, Gregg Araki, 1992
• Living in Oblivion, Tom DiCillo, 1995
• Lonesome Cowboys, Andy Warhol, 1968
• The Machinist, Brad Anderson, 2004
• Man Push Cart, Rahmin Bahrani, 2005
• Me and You and Everyone We Know, Miranda July, 2005
• Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese, 1973
• Medium Cool, Haskell Wexler, 1969
• Metropolitan, Whit Stillman, 1989
• Mutual Appreciation, Andrew Bujalski, 2005
• Napoleon Dynamite, Jared Hess, 2004
• Nashville, Robert Altman, 1975
• Night of the Living Dead, George A. Romero, 1968
• Old Joy, Kelly Reichardt, 2006
• On the Bowery, Lionel Rogosin, 1956
• Parting Glances, Bill Sherwood, 1985
• π (Pi), Darren Aronofsky, 1997
• Pink Flamingos, John Waters, 1972
• Poison, Todd Haynes, 1990
• Portrait of Jason, Shirley Clarke, 1967
• Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino, 1991
• Return of the Secaucus Seven, John Sayles, 1979
• Roger & Me, Michael Moore, 1989
• Salt of the Earth, Herbert J. Biberman, 1953
• The Savages, Tamara Jenkins, 2007
• Secretary, Steven Shainberg, 2002
• sex, lies and videotape, Steven Soderbergh, 1989
• Shadows, John Cassavetes, 1959
• Sherman’s March, Ross McElwee, 1985
• She’s Gotta Have It, Spike Lee, 1986
• Shock Corridor, Sam Fuller, 1963
• Shotgun Stories, Jeff Nichols, 2007
• Slacker, Richard Linklater, 1991
• Smithereens, Susan Seidelman, 1982
• Strange Culture, Lynn Hershman-Leeson, 2007
• Stranger Than Paradise, Jim Jarmusch, 1984
• Suture, Scott McGehee, David Siegel, 1993
• Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles, 1971
• Swoon, Tom Kalin, 1991
• Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman, 2008
• Targets, Peter Bogdanovich, 1968
• Tarnation, Jonathan Caouette, 2003
• The Thin Blue Line, Errol Morris, 1988
• Tongues Untied, Marlon T. Riggs, 1989
• Trees Lounge, Steve Buscemi, 1996
• Trouble in Mind, Alan Rudolph, 1985
• Two-Lane Blacktop, Monte Hellman, 1971
• The Unbelievable Truth, Hal Hartley, 1989
• Variety, Bette Gordon, 1983
• Wanda, Barbara Loden, 1970
• Welcome to the Dollhouse, Todd Solondz, 1995
• The Woodsman, Nicole Kassell, 2004
• Zoo, Robinson Devor, 2007
• Bibliography
• Index
• List of Illustrations
• eCopyright