Down and dirty pictures

Miramax, Sundance, and the rise of independent film

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Peter Biskind: Down and dirty pictures (2005, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks)

544 pages

English language

Published Jan. 8, 2005 by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.

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Down and Dirty Pictures chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines--Sundance and Miramax-that have powered them As he did in his acclaimed Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Peter Biskind profiles the people who took the independent movement from obscurity to the Oscars, most notably Sundance founder Robert Redford.

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Very amusing description of the US independent film scene during the 1990s, especially of its business aspects. I am not sufficiently familiar with the field to judge each argument on its merits. In any case the notion that during the 90s there was an attempt to create a middle ground between the traditional independent film scene and large Hollywood studios, an attempt that eventually failed, makes sense.

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Subjects

  • Miramax Films -- History
  • Independent filmmakers -- United States