{"product_id":"indie-inc","title":"Indie, Inc.","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1990s, films such as \u003ci\u003esex, lies, and videotape\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crying Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Will Hunting\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Love\u003c\/i\u003e earned substantial sums at the box office along with extensive critical acclaim. A disproportionate number of these hits came from one company: Miramax. \u003ci\u003eIndie, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e surveys Miramax’s evolution from independent producer-distributor to studio subsidiary, chronicling how one company transformed not just the independent film world but the film and media industries more broadly. As Alisa Perren illustrates, Miramax’s activities had an impact on everything from film festival practices to marketing strategies, talent development to awards campaigning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase studies of key films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Piano\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKids\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife Is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, reveal how Miramax went beyond influencing Hollywood business practices and motion picture aesthetics to shaping popular and critical discourses about cinema during the 1990s. \u003ci\u003eIndie, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e does what other books about contemporary low-budget cinema have not-it transcends discussions of “American indies” to look at the range of Miramax-released genre films, foreign-language films, and English-language imports released over the course of the decade. The book illustrates that what both the press and scholars have typically represented as the “rise of the American independent” was in fact part of a larger reconfiguration of the media industries toward niche-oriented products.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54222469890392,"sku":"9780292754355","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780292754355_286fc15b-68e7-407a-a26d-c6b1f34db400.jpg?v=1780110065","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/indie-inc","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}