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Down and Dirty Pictures : Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film

Peter Biskind (Author)
Down and Dirty Pictures chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines--Sundance and Miramax--that have powered them. As he did in his acclaimed Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Peter Biskind profiles the people who took the independent movement from obscurity to the Oscars, most notably Sundance founder Robert Redford
Print Book, English, 2004
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2004
History
x, 544 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780684862590, 9780684862583, 9780747565703, 068486259X, 0684862581, 0747565708
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Introduction: The story till now
Made in USA, 1989
The anger artists, 1989
Risky Business, 1990-1992
The buying game, 1992-1993
He's gotta have it, 1993-1994
The house that Quentin built, 1994-1995
Pumping up the volume, 1995-1996
Swimming with sharks, 1996-1997
Ace and Gary, 1997
Crossover dreams, 1997-1998
The bad lieutenant, 1998-1999
The king of New York, 1999-2000
All that jazz is gone, 2000-2001
Gods and monsters, 2001-2002
Postscript: The sweet hereafter