Indie, Inc.: Miramax and the Transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s

Indie, Inc. 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. Miramax's Activities Had An Impact On Everything From Film Festival Practices To Marketing Strategies, Talent Development To Awards Campaigning. Case Studies Of Key Films, Including The Piano, Kids, Scream, The English Patient, And Life Is Beautiful, Reveal How Miramax Went Beyond Influencing Hollywood Business Practices And Motion Picture Aesthetics To Shaping Popular And Critical Discourses About Cinema During The 1990s ... [and] Looks At The Range Of Miramax-released Genre Films, Foreign-language Films, And English-language Imports Released Over The Course Of The Decade. Finding A Niche In The 1990s -- The Rise Of Miramax And The Quality Indie Blockbuster (1979-fall 1992) -- The Secret Of Miramax's Success: The Crying Game (winter 1992-spring 1993) -- Corsets, Clerks, And Criminals: Miramax In The Age Of Disney (summer 1993-spring 1995) -- Another Dimension To The Miramax Brand: Kids, Scream, And The Teen Audience (spring 1995-spring 1997) -- Majors, Indies, Independents: The Rise Of A Three-tier System (winter 1996-spring 1997) -- Who Says Life Is Beautiful? (summer 1997-spring 1999) -- Maxed Out: Miramax And Indiewood In The New Millennium. Alisa Perren. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [285]-290) And Index.