The Making of Alternative Cinema

by Mario Falsetto

Book Overview

The massive investments made in Hollywood today mandate tight studio controls on mainstream cinema. As a result, one must often look to alternative outlets in order to see a movie intended primarily as art--or even as a sincere effort at entertainment--instead of as a simple source of revenue. Foreign and independent movies thus often play the role of bellwether for the Hollywood studios that are unable to experiment themselves: behind the look...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275994589
• ISBN13: 9780275994587
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"