Rewriting indie cinema : improvisation, psychodrama, and the screenplay /

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"J.J. Murphy analyzes the shifting role of the screenplay in the history of modern American independent cinema. He argues that in moving away from the traditional Hollywood approach of using a script developed in pre-production, key independent filmmakers used psychodrama and improvisation to c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murphy, J. J., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Colección:Film and culture.
Temas:
Independent films > United States > History and criticism.
Motion picture plays, American > History and criticism.
Films indépendants > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Scénarios de cinéma américains > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Independent films
Motion picture plays, American
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Across the spectrum: from improvisation to psychodrama
  • And I hate actors: the new American cinema
  • Let's not phony it up anymore: the films of John Cassavetes
  • Place-based realism: Mackenzie, Loden, and Burnett
  • Experiments in psychodrama: Mekas, Warhol, Clarke, and Mailer
  • Human life isn't necessarily well-written: the films of William Greaves: symbiopsychotaxiplasm: take one and take 2 1/2
  • Beyond the method: Abel Ferrara and Harvey Keitel
  • Tied to a machine: the films of Gus Van Sant
  • Like how you talk: the films of Joe Swanberg
  • Improvisation and place: Putty Hill, Stand clear of the closing doors, and the films of Sean Baker
  • Rediscovering psychodrama: Frownland, Heaven knows what, and Stinking heaven
  • The line between reality and staging: Actor Martinez, Actress, and The witness
  • Conclusion: blending fiction and documentary

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