Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema
6 best books like Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema (John Pierson): Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era, Respiración artificial, Cassavetes on Cassavetes, The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
| Author | Carrie Brownstein |
| ISBN | 1594486638 |
From a leader of feminist punk music at the dawn of the riot-grrrl era, a candid and deeply personal look at life in rock and roll.
Before Carrie Brownstein codeveloped and starred in the wildly popular TV comedy Portlandia, she was already an icon to young women for her role as a musician in the...
| Author | Thomas Schatz |
| ISBN | 0805046666 |
At a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's tradional blend of business and art. This book lays to rest the persistent myth that businesspeople and producers stifle artistic talent and reveals instead the...
| Author | Ricardo Piglia |
| ISBN | 8433924710 |
Respiración artificial se trata no sólo del único libro memorable publicado durante el período de la dictadura militar (la edición original es de 1980), sino también de una espléndida ficción que se convierte en espejo de la historia, de una novela que, utilizando la estructura de la novela...
| Author | John Cassavetes |
| ISBN | 0571201571 |
Since his death in 1989, John Cassavettes has become increasingly renowned as a cinematic hero--a renegade loner who fought the Hollywood system, steering his own creative course in a career spanning thirty years. Having already established himself as an actor, he struck out as a filmmaker in 1959...
| Author | Michael Ondaatje |
| ISBN | 0375709827 |
The Conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through.
It was on the...
| Author | Peter Biskind |
| ISBN | 0684857081 |
However much is true, however much really happened that way, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How The Sex 'N' Drugs 'N' Rock 'N' Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind remains one of my favorite non-fiction reads. For those who hear "film history" and think Titanic, in 1967, the major American film studios...
