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Not Hollywood

Autor Sherry B. Ortner
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 feb 2013

Observăm în Not Hollywood o incursiune fascinantă în „muzeul” viu al cinematografiei americane de tip „indie”, așa cum a fost ea modelată în New York și Los Angeles începând cu anii '80. Publicată de Duke University Press, această lucrare nu este un simplu catalog de filme, ci o disecție antropologică a unei subculturi care a ales să spună „adevărul” despre societatea americană, în contrast cu strălucirea adesea artificială a marilor studiouri. Apreciem modul în care Sherry B. Ortner reușește să capteze experiența trăită a regizorilor și producătorilor, transformând interviurile în material brut pentru o analiză profundă a Americii neoliberale. Remarcăm o rigoare academică dublată de o pasiune pentru detaliul uman, o abordare care continuă temele explorate de autoare în Screening Social Justice – Brave New Films and Documentary Activism. Dacă în acea lucrare Ortner se concentra pe activismul documentar, aici extinde spectrul către ficțiunea independentă ca instrument de critică socială. Stilul său amintește de profunzimea din New Jersey Dreaming, unde clasa socială era analizată prin experiențe personale, acum aplicând aceeași lentilă asupra dinamicii de putere din industria filmului. Colecționarii care au apreciat Indie – An American Film Culture de Michael Newman vor găsi aici aceeași calitate de reproducere a atmosferei culturale, însă dintr-o perspectivă mai pronunțat etnografică. În timp ce Cinema of Outsiders de Emanuel Levy oferă o cronică istorică a ascensiunii acestui fenomen, Not Hollywood ne invită să înțelegem mecanismele interioare și convingerile celor care creează aceste narațiuni despre familie, economie și politică. Este o lectură care pulsează cu energia platourilor de filmare improvizate și a festivalurilor care au definit o eră.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780822354260
ISBN-10: 0822354268
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 3 tables
Dimensiuni: 154 x 233 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Duke University Press

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte se adresează pasionaților de cinema și studenților de antropologie care doresc să înțeleagă ce se află în spatele etichetei „independent”. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă rară asupra procesului de creație ca act de rezistență culturală. Este recomandată pentru analiza sa lucidă asupra modului în care filmul poate oglindi și critica realitățile dure ale economiei și politicii contemporane, oferind un context esențial dincolo de recenziile de presă obișnuite.


Despre autor

Sherry B. Ortner este Distinguished Professor de Antropologie la University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). O figură marcantă în domeniu, Ortner este cunoscută pentru capacitatea sa de a aplica metodele etnografice asupra societății americane moderne. Printre lucrările sale de referință se numără New Jersey Dreaming (2003), Life and Death on Mt. Everest (1999) și Making Gender (1996). În Not Hollywood, ea își folosește vasta experiență pentru a investiga „jocurile serioase” ale puterii și reprezentării în cultura vizuală, consolidându-și reputația de observator fin al dinamicii dintre cultură și structura socială.


Descriere scurtă

The pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner combines her trademark ethnographic expertise with critical film interpretation to explore the independent film scene in New York and Los Angeles since the late 1980s. Not Hollywood is both a study of the lived experience of that scene and a critical examination of America as seen through the lenses of independent filmmakers. Based on interviews with scores of directors and producers, Ortner reveals the culture and practices of indie filmmaking, including the conviction of those involved that their films, unlike Hollywood movies, are "telling the truth" about American life. These films often illuminate the dark side of American society through narratives about the family, the economy, and politics in today's neoliberal era. Offering insightful interpretations of many of these films, Ortner argues that during the past three decades independent American cinema has functioned as a vital form of cultural critique.

Recenzii

"An original interpretation of film and public culture that addresses the nexus of anthropology and film studies. Best suited for anthropologists interested in contemporary visual culture and film professionals looking for perspective outside the film industry."--Robin Chin Roemer, Library Journal

"There is much information to be gained from Ortner’s expert use of anthropological methodology to explore the culture of the culture of independent cinema. Film scholars are often too close to their material to obtain findings anywhere near as striking and engaging as the ones enumerated in this volume."--Daniel Coffey, ForeWord Reviews

"Not Hollywood does what compelling ethnographies do: it helps us better understand the human complexities of something we simplistically thought we already knew. As a result, the Sundance 'scene' documented here sometimes feels like 'The Emperor’s New Clothes' and, at other times, like truly engaged progressive politics and effective cultural critique. Required reading in film and media studies, but relevant far beyond those fields."—John Thornton Caldwell, author of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Critical Practice in Film and Television

"Once again, Sherry B. Ortner takes us on an exploratory trip to an unexpected place: this time it's the 'media world' of American independent filmmakers. She reveals the cultural and emotional logics of passion, independence, and creativity that drive Gen X cineastes to max out their credit cards and push their friendships to the limit to create their own compelling visions of American life in films that are definitively 'not Hollywood.' Ortner never compromises her theoretical arguments, yet her clear and entertaining writing style makes this highly original book accessible to readers in anthropology, media and film studies, and American studies, as well as the interested public."—Faye Ginsburg, Director, Center for Media, Culture, and History, New York University

"Turning a sharp anthropologist's eye on a surprising subject, Sherry B. Ortner does for American independent film what Clifford Geertz did for Bali. Her outsider perspective allows her to raise and answer questions that most filmmakers, film historians, and audiences don't know exist."—Peter Biskind, author of Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Filment Film


"An original interpretation of film and public culture that addresses the nexus of anthropology and film studies. Best suited for anthropologists interested in contemporary visual culture and film professionals looking for perspective outside the film industry."--Robin Chin Roemer, Library Journal "There is much information to be gained from Ortner's expert use of anthropological methodology to explore the culture of the culture of independent cinema. Film scholars are often too close to their material to obtain findings anywhere near as striking and engaging as the ones enumerated in this volume."--Daniel Coffey, ForeWord Reviews "Not Hollywood does what compelling ethnographies do: it helps us better understand the human complexities of something we simplistically thought we already knew. As a result, the Sundance 'scene' documented here sometimes feels like 'The Emperor's New Clothes' and, at other times, like truly engaged progressive politics and effective cultural critique. Required reading in film and media studies, but relevant far beyond those fields." - John Thornton Caldwell, author of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Critical Practice in Film and Television "Once again, Sherry B. Ortner takes us on an exploratory trip to an unexpected place: this time it's the 'media world' of American independent filmmakers. She reveals the cultural and emotional logics of passion, independence, and creativity that drive Gen X cineastes to max out their credit cards and push their friendships to the limit to create their own compelling visions of American life in films that are definitively 'not Hollywood.' Ortner never compromises her theoretical arguments, yet her clear and entertaining writing style makes this highly original book accessible to readers in anthropology, media and film studies, and American studies, as well as the interested public." - Faye Ginsburg, Director, Center for Media, Culture, and History, New York University "Turning a sharp anthropologist's eye on a surprising subject, Sherry B. Ortner does for American independent film what Clifford Geertz did for Bali. Her outsider perspective allows her to raise and answer questions that most filmmakers, film historians, and audiences don't know exist." - Peter Biskind, author of Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Filment Film