American Independent Cinema

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"Anna Backman Rogers argues that American independent cinema is a cinema not merely in crisis, but also of crisis. As a cinema which often explores the rite of passage by explicitly drawing on American cinematic heritage, from the teen movie to the western, American independent films deal in images of crisis, transition and metamorphosis, offering a subversive engagement with more traditional modes of representation." -- Back cover.

subjects: Film criticism,  Motion pictures, united states,  Independent films,  History and criticism,  Unabhängiger Film,  Erwachsenwerden,  Tod,  Sterben,  Midlife-Crisis