Acknowledgements
Chapter One
Genesis: Modern American Independent Cinema and its Position within an Industry of Mass Production
Chapter Two
Ancestry of Independence: Easy Rider and the Declaration of a New American Cinema
Chapter Three
The Art of the Possible: Hollywood Feature Film Production since 1970
Chapter Four
Oppositional Fantasies: The Economic Structure of American Independent Cinema and its Essential Lineaments
Chapter Five
Loyalty to the Rhetoric: Four American Film-makers and their Commitment to an Autonomous Mode of Cultural Production
Chapter Six
Graduating Class: American Independent Cinema as Finishing School
Chapter Seven
A Cultural Comparison: British Independent Cinema and its Relation to its American Counterpart
Chapter Eight
Selective Exhibition: The Sundance Film Festival and its Significance to the Independent Sector
Chapter Nine
The Business of Art: Miramax Films and the Cultivation of the Niche Market
Chapter Ten
The Reception of an Alternative Americana: Audiences and American Independent Cinema
Bibliography
Index