Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent FilIn this “dishy…superbly reported” (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller, Peter Biskind chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers who reinvented Hollywood—most notably Sundance founder Robert Redford and Harvey Weinstein, who with his brother, Bob, made Miramax Films an indie powerhouse. As he did in his acclaimed Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Peter Biskind “takes on the movie industry of the 1990s and again gets the story” (The New York Times). Biskind charts in fascinating detail the meteoric rise of the controversial Harvey Weinstein, often described as the last mogul, who created an Oscar factory that became the envy of the studios, while leaving a trail of carnage in his wake. He follows Sundance as it grew from a regional film festival to the premier showcase of independent film, succeeding almost despite the mercurial Redford, whose visionary plans were nearly thwarted by his own quixotic personality. Likewise, the directors who emerged from the independent movement, such as Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, and David O. Russell, are now among the best-known directors in Hollywood. Not to mention the actors who emerged with them, like Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Ethan Hawke, and Uma Thurman. Candid, controversial, and “sensationally entertaining” (Los Angeles Times) Down and Dirty Pictures is a must-read for anyone interested in the film world. |
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We're not interested in money”—he didn't much care about Truffaut. As former Miramax executive Patrick McDarrah succinctly put it, “This business is about ego and greed. Harvey is ego, Bob is greed.” Bob liked exploitation flicks, ...
We're not interested in money”—he didn't much care about Truffaut. As former Miramax executive Patrick McDarrah succinctly put it, “This business is about ego and greed. Harvey is ego, Bob is greed.” Bob liked exploitation flicks, ...
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Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging) put it nicely when she described her own aesthetic: The story, she said, is like “a clothesline. I'm interested in what's on the clothesline, not the clothesline itself. For the most part, Hollywood is ...
Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging) put it nicely when she described her own aesthetic: The story, she said, is like “a clothesline. I'm interested in what's on the clothesline, not the clothesline itself. For the most part, Hollywood is ...
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The converse was true as well: they left out what Hollywood included, not only because they weren't interested, but because they couldn't afford it. Poverty inspired its own aesthetic. Hollywood reproduced conventional wisdom and ...
The converse was true as well: they left out what Hollywood included, not only because they weren't interested, but because they couldn't afford it. Poverty inspired its own aesthetic. Hollywood reproduced conventional wisdom and ...
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We were supposed to be happy that he was interested and walk away. It made us feel small.” Then, still according to Denise, along came Van Wagenen offering more money to buy the very same script to produce himself, with some sort of ...
We were supposed to be happy that he was interested and walk away. It made us feel small.” Then, still according to Denise, along came Van Wagenen offering more money to buy the very same script to produce himself, with some sort of ...
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Davis was watching football on TV and seemed more interested in the game than in Redford. “He said. 'Hey, look, I'm going to give you the money, because you cared enough to come see me,'” recalls Redford. “Then he said, 'There's a few ...
Davis was watching football on TV and seemed more interested in the game than in Redford. “He said. 'Hey, look, I'm going to give you the money, because you cared enough to come see me,'” recalls Redford. “Then he said, 'There's a few ...
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Risky Business | |
The Buying Game | |
Hes Gotta Have | |
The House That Quentin Built | |
Pumping Up the Volume | |
Crossover Dreams | |
The Bad Lieutenant | |
The King of New York | |
All That Jazz Is Gone | |
Gods and Monsters | |
The Sweet Hereafter | |
Cast of Characters | |
Photographs | |
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