Dogville Vs HollywoodUsing Lars von Trier's 2003 film Dogville as a launchpad for his ideas, Jake Horsley aims to discuss the conflict between "artistic" and "commercial" movie-making that he believes exists in the film industry today. He proposes that the term "independent," when applied to filmmaking, be considered an artistic term relating to sensibility and vision and not simply a question of backing or funds. Can an "independent" film also be a commercial success in Hollywood? Charting the history of independent cinema from early pioneers Jean-Luc Godard and Sam Peckinpah to modern masters such as David Lynch, this book provides a critical analysis of the state of today's film industry. |
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Page 214
... writers tend to be introspective , and the nature of writing ( and that of books in general ) is of looking inward , of philosophical thought and reflection , in a word : the quest for meaning . Filmmakers on the other hand tend to be ...
... writers tend to be introspective , and the nature of writing ( and that of books in general ) is of looking inward , of philosophical thought and reflection , in a word : the quest for meaning . Filmmakers on the other hand tend to be ...
Page 234
... writers rarely collaborate . A book , fiction or otherwise , is normally a one - person enterprise , as private and individual an endeavor as painting or sculpting . Unlike filmmaking , writing is a meditative , introspective act ...
... writers rarely collaborate . A book , fiction or otherwise , is normally a one - person enterprise , as private and individual an endeavor as painting or sculpting . Unlike filmmaking , writing is a meditative , introspective act ...
Page 270
... writing and writers is self - justifying and to some extent self - fulfilling . The less the writer is valued in Hollywood the less ' perks ' ( be they the perks of respect , freedom or a decent paycheck ) he is offered the less writers ...
... writing and writers is self - justifying and to some extent self - fulfilling . The less the writer is valued in Hollywood the less ' perks ' ( be they the perks of respect , freedom or a decent paycheck ) he is offered the less writers ...
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