The Sundance kids : how the mavericks took back Hollywood /
James Mottram.
- London : Faber, 2006.
- xxix, 480 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I.The Sundance years -- 1.'It's all downhill from here': How Steven Soderbergh paves the way for the next generation -- 2.Talk is cheap: Sundance after "sex. lies, and videotape" -- 3.Resevoir Dogs and the Class of '92 -- 4.The changing face of Sundance: Public access and Spanking the monkey -- 5.'Trespassing on hallowed ground': "Kafka" and "King of the Hill" -- Section II: Indiewood -- 6.Pulp Fiction: The rise of Miramax as Hollywood embraces Tarantion-mania -- 7.Austin Power: How Robert Rodriguez and Richard Linklater bucked the system 8.Genre I: Crime does pay - The underneath, The usual suspects and Seven -- 9.The second wave: the conflicts of Citizen Ruth, Hard Eight and Bottle Rocket -- 10.Spreading propaganda: the rise of David Fincher and Spike Jonze -- 11.Beyond the fringe: Schizopolis and Gray's Anatomy -- 12.Adult entertainment: Hollywood grows up with Boogie Nights -- 13.Genre II: School days - Election, Rushmore and Apt Pupil -- 14.Adaptation: Tarantino and Soderbergh meets Elmore Leonard -- 15.The Sundance Sisters: Sofia Coppola and Kimberly Peirce -- 16.Annus Mirabilis: how 1999 became the year of the Sundance Kids.
James Mottram traces the roots of this generation of American film-makers to Steven Soderbergh's 'Sex, Lies and Videotape' and looks at how many kickstarted their careers and made their mark at Robert Redford's Sundance Institute in Utah or at his film festival.
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