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"Celluloid Mavericks: A History of American Independent Film explores that rich American art - the non-studio film, from the first silent film to today's success stories, mainstream movies to avant-garde, exploitation to documentaries, film festivals to drive-ins. Author Greg Merritt examines both the movies - from The Last Moment to Deep Throat to Sling Blade - and the movie industry players - from Sam Arkoff and Roger Corman to Francis Ford Coppola and John Cassavettes to Quentin Tarantino and pre-Disney MIRIMAX."--BOOK JACKET. "Merritt shows what it meant to be "independent" in the 1930s…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2000Thunder's Mouth Press · 463 pages · 9781560252320
Motion picturesExperimentele filmkunstB-FilmUnabhängiger FilmLow budget filmsIndependent filmmakersProduction and directionBiography