Independent America, 1978-1988
Myths of the new narrative (and a few counter-suggestions)
by Jonathan Rosenbaum
posted Jan 26, 2009
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Courtesy Museum of the Moving Image
Eszter Balint, Richard Edson and John Lurie in Stranger Than Paradise, directed by Jim Jarmusch
Photo Gallery:
Independent America, 1978-1988
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Video:
Excerpts from selected films
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KEYWORDS
experimental film | independent cinema | Museum of the Moving Image | Retrospective | documentary | Manuel DeLanda | Kenneth Anger | Stan Brakhage | Maya Deren | Hollis Frampton | Jonas Mekas | Jim Jarmusch | nouvelle vague | Hollywood | film criticismTHE AUTHOR
Jonathan Rosenbaum served as film critic for the Chicago Reader from 1987 to 2007. His most recent book is Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition (University of Chicago Press, 2010).
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