Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema
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- Synopsis
- &“A fast-moving account of the era bookended by Stranger Than Paradise and Pulp Fiction . . . [a] Baedeker of off-Hollywood where all roads lead to Park City.&” —Interview The legendary figure who launched the careers of Spike Lee, Michael Moore, and Richard Linklater offers a no-holds-barred look at the deals and details that propel an indie film from a dream to distribution. At the epicenter of the industry in the 1980s and &’90s, John Pierson reveals what it took to launch such films as Stranger Than Paradise, Clerks, She&’s Gotta Have It, and Roger and Me. A chronicle of a remarkable decade for the American independent low-budget film, Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes also celebrates the nearly two dozen first-time filmmakers whom Pierson helped make a name for themselves and the hundred others whose success stories he observed at close quarters. &“John Pierson has faithfully chronicled the American independent scene. He was there, he knows.&” —Spike Lee &“Sly, knowledgeable, deeply entertaining . . . You couldn&’t do much better than to hop aboard this ten-year wild ride. Grade: A.&” —Entertainment Weekly &“The most contentiously witty and revealing view of off-Hollywood around.&” —Rolling Stone &“Mr. Pierson, who has lived, breathed, and hunted film for most of his adult life, covers his territory with urgency and conviction, and his single-mindedness is ravishing.&” —The New York Times Book Review &“Pierson&’s prose is quick-moving and witty and reads like a Who&’s Who of the off-Hollywood mavericks who make the movies we&’d like to see but can&’t always find.&” —The Washington Post &“A marvelously entertaining, educational, and caustic account of the rise of American independent filmmaking.&” —The Globe and Mail
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 392 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780292761018
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780292757684
- Publisher:
- University of Texas Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/29/23
- Copyrighted By:
- John Pierson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs
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