Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent FilSimon and Schuster, 2013 M01 8 - 560 páginas In 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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... person who works for him. Then there's Miramax, run by the Weinstein brothers, Harvey and Bob. They have a reputation for brilliance, but also for malice and brutality. Even though, properly speaking, Miramax is not an indie, it was at ...
... person who works for him. Then there's Miramax, run by the Weinstein brothers, Harvey and Bob. They have a reputation for brilliance, but also for malice and brutality. Even though, properly speaking, Miramax is not an indie, it was at ...
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... person.” Although Redford had been one of Hollywood's leading box-office earners for a decade, when he looked around him at the end of the 1970s, he didn't like what he saw. A decade earlier, the studios had been so desperate that ...
... person.” Although Redford had been one of Hollywood's leading box-office earners for a decade, when he looked around him at the end of the 1970s, he didn't like what he saw. A decade earlier, the studios had been so desperate that ...
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... person in the audience thought, Oh, no, another droning indie film, and promptly dozed off. But after the first twenty minutes, the pace picked up, and by the end, the audience seemed to be with it. Soderbergh made his way to the front ...
... person in the audience thought, Oh, no, another droning indie film, and promptly dozed off. But after the first twenty minutes, the pace picked up, and by the end, the audience seemed to be with it. Soderbergh made his way to the front ...
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... person— he could give good Sundance.” At the outset, Van Wagenen was little more than an administrator, deferential to the board—a mix of indie filmmakers, Hollywood figures, and foundation executives. But he was a quick study ...
... person— he could give good Sundance.” At the outset, Van Wagenen was little more than an administrator, deferential to the board—a mix of indie filmmakers, Hollywood figures, and foundation executives. But he was a quick study ...
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... person, and when he's put in positions where he has to function publicly, he can get irritable, and sometimes that turns into anger.” Redford was such a magnet for money that from the start, the institute was dependent on him to raise ...
... person, and when he's put in positions where he has to function publicly, he can get irritable, and sometimes that turns into anger.” Redford was such a magnet for money that from the start, the institute was dependent on him to raise ...
Contenido
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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Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film Peter Biskind Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film Peter Biskind Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
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