100 American Independent Films (BFI Screen Guides Series)

by Jason Wood

Overview

Jason Wood's selection, part of the 'BFI Screen Guides' series, is an informative map to one of the most vital areas in the contemporary film-making scene.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844570065
Publisher:	BFI Publishing
Publication date:	05/01/2004
Series:	BFI Screen Guides
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	4.91(w) x 6.62(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Jason Wood is a freelance film consultant and a co-founder of Ion Productions Ltd. He has produced and directed documentaries on Krzysztof Kleslowski, Hal Hartley and Atom Egoyan. Previous publications include The Pocket Essential Hal Hartley (Pocket Essentials, 2003) and regular film articles for Enthusiasm Film Magazine and Vertigo. David Siegel and Scott McGehee are the writers-producers-directors of Suture, 1994 ('Official Selection' at Cannes Film Festival and Jury prize at the Toronto Film festival) and The Deep End, 2001 (selected for Director's Fortnight Cannes Film Festival). Both films won the best Cinematography Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Together with Robert Nathan they formed an independent film production company, 15, in 1999.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Preface	x
	Introduction	1
	Angel City, Jon Jost, 1977	11
	Another Girl, Another Planet, Michael Almereyda, 1992	13
	Badlands, Terrence Malick, 1973	15
	Bad Lieutenant, Abel Ferrara, 1992	17
	Being John Malkovich, Spike Jonze, 1999	19
	The Blair Witch Project, Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez, 1999	21
	Blood Simple, Joel Coen, 1983	24
	Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997	28
	Born in Flames, Lizzie Borden, 1983	30
	Bottle Rocket, Wes Anderson, 1996	33
	Boys Don't Cry, Kimberly Peirce, 1999	35
	Boyz N the Hood, John Singleton, 1991	37
	Buffalo '66, Vincent Gallo, 1997	39
	Candy Mountain, Robert Frank, Rudy Wurlitzer, 1987	41
	Chan Is Missing, Wayne Wang, 1981	43
	Chuck and Buck, Miguel Arteta, 2000	45
	Clean, Shaven, Lodge Kerrigan, 1993	47
	Clerks, Kevin Smith, 1993	49
	Crumb, Terry Zwigoff, 1995	52
	Dark Days, Marc Singer, 2000	55
	Daughters of the Dust, Julie Dash, 1991	57
	The Daytrippers, Greg Mottola, 1995	59
	Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly, 2001	61
	Don't Look Back, D. A. Pennebaker, 1967	63
	Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee, 1989	65
	Down by Law, Jim Jarmusch, 1986	67
	Drugstore Cowboy, Gus Van Sant, 1989	69
	Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper, 1969	71
	Eating Raoul, Paul Bartel, 1982	75
	El Mariachi, Robert Rodriguez, 1992	77
	Eraserhead, David Lynch, 1976	79
	The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi, 1982	82
	Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Russ Meyer, 1965	84
	F for Fake (Verites et mensonges), Orson Welles, 1973	86
	Gas Food Lodging, Allison Anders, 1991	88
	George Washington, David Gordon Green, 2000	91
	Girlfight, Karyn Kusama, 1999	94
	Go Fish, Rose Troche, 1994	96
	Gummo, Harmony Korine, 1997	98
	Heavy, James Mangold, 1995	101
	Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, John McNaughton, 1986	103
	High Art, Lisa Cholodenko, 1998	105
	Hoop Dreams, Steve James, 1994	107
	Impostors, Mark Rappaport, 1979	109
	In the Company of Men, Neil LaBute, 1997	111
	In the Soup, Alexandre Rockwell, 1992	113
	Juice, Ernest Dickerson, 1992	115
	Just Another Girl on the I.R.T., Leslie Harris, 1992	117
	Kids, Larry Clark, 1995	120
	Killer of Sheep, Charles Burnett, 1977	122
	The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, John Cassavetes, 1975	125
	The Kill-Off, Maggie Greenwald, 1989	127
	The Last Seduction, John Dahl, 1993	129
	The Living End, Gregg Araki, 1992	131
	Living in Oblivion, Tom DiCillo, 1995	133
	Lonesome Cowboys, Andy Warhol, 1968	135
	The Loveless, Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery, 1981	137
	Matewan, John Sayles, 1987	139
	Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese, 1973	141
	Metropolitan, Whit Stillman, 1989	144
	Nashville, Robert Altman, 1975	147
	Night of the Living Dead, George A. Romero, 1968	150
	One False Move, Carl Franklin, 1991	152
	Parting Glances, Bill Sherwood, 1985	154
	[pi] (Pi), Darren Aronofsky, 1997	156
	Pink Flamingos, John Waters, 1972	158
	Poison, Todd Haynes, 1990	161
	Portrait of Jason, Shirley Clarke, 1967	164
	Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino, 1991	167
	Return of the Secaucus Seven, John Sayles, 1979	169
	Roger & Me, Michael Moore, 1989	172
	Salt of the Earth, Herbert J. Biberman, 1953	174
	Schizopolis, Steven Soderbergh, 1996	176
	Sex, lies and videotape, Steven Soderbergh, 1989	178
	Shadows, John Cassavetes, 1959	181
	Sherman's March, Ross McElwee, 1985	184
	She's Gotta Have It, Spike Lee, 1986	186
	Shock Corridor, Sam Fuller, 1963	189
	Simple Men, Hal Hartley, 1992	191
	Slacker, Richard Linklater, 1991	193
	Smithereens, Susan Seidelman, 1982	195
	Spanking the Monkey, David O. Russell, 1994	197
	Static, Mark Romanek, 1985	199
	Stranger Than Paradise, Jim Jarmusch, 1984	201
	Suture, Scott McGehee, David Siegel, 1993	205
	Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles, 1971	208
	Swinger, Doug Liman, 1996	210
	Swoon, Tom Kalin, 1991	212
	The Thin Blue Line, Errol Morris, 1988	214
	Tongues Untied, Marlon T. Riggs, 1989	217
	Trees Lounge, Steve Buscemi, 1996	219
	Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole, Amos Poe, 1991	222
	Trouble in Mind, Alan Rudolph, 1985	224
	Two-Lane Blacktop, Monte Hellman, 1971	227
	The Unbelievable Truth, Hal Hartley, 1989	229
	Variety, Bette Gordon, 1983	232
	Walking and Talking, Nicole Holofcener, 1996	234
	Wanda, Barbara Loden, 1970	236
	Welcome to the Dollhouse, Todd Solondz, 1995	238
	You Can Count on Me, Kenneth Lonergan, 2000	240
	Useful websites	243
	Bibliography	245
	Index	249