Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance & the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind
In the late 1980s a generation of filmmakers began to flower outside the Hollywood studio system and in the following decade, the independent film movement bloomed. Dozens of lesser-known filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino began walking away with coveted prizes at Cannes and eventually the Academy Awards. Many of these directors were discovered at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival and then scooped up by Harvey and Bob Weinstein, whose company Miramax laid waste to the competition.
In Down and Dirty Pictures, Peter Biskind tells the incredible story of these filmmakers, the growth of Sundance into the premier showcase of independent film, and the meteoric rise of the controversial Weinstein brothers who left a trail of carnage in their wake yet created an Oscar factory that is the envy of the studios.
Paperback | 576 pages
129 x 198 x 36mm | 468g
25 May 2005
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
London, United Kingdom
English
New edition
New edition
Illustrations, ports.
0747565716
9780747565710
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in very good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including scuff marks and slight creasing at the edges, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, no creasing or tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.