King, Geoff, 1960-

Indie 2.0 : change and continuity in contemporary American indie film / Geoff King. - ix, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-291) and index.

Introduction: discourses on the state of indie film -- Quirky by design? irony vs. sincerity in Little Miss Sunshine and Juno -- Industry 2.0: the digital domain and beyond -- Mumblecore -- Social realism and art cinema: the films of Kelly Reichardt and Ramin Bahrani -- The desktop aesthetic: first-person expressive in Tarnation and Four eyed monsters -- Conclusion: indie lives!.

9780231167949 (cloth : acidfree paper) 9780231167956

2013019584


Independent films--History and criticism.--United States
Motion pictures--History--United States--21st century.

PN1993.5.U6 / K466 2014

791.430973