Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids : Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas.
Title:
Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids : Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas.
Author:
Macor, Alison.
ISBN:
9780292792920
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (393 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Hippies and the Cowboys All Looked Alike -- Chapter One. A Living Nightmare: Tobe Hooper and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -- Chapter Two. Eagle Pennell and the Rise of Regional Filmmaking -- Chapter Three. Made in Austin: The Austin Chronicle and Red Headed Stranger -- Chapter Four. Slacker: The Least Auteur Film Ever Made -- Chapter Five. The Mariachi Kid: Robert Rodriguez and El Mariachi -- Chapter Six. The Reluctant Quarterback: Richard Linklater and Dazed and Confused -- Chapter Seven. Winning the Battle, Losing the War: The Newton Boys -- Chapter Eight. The Company Man: Tim McCanlies and Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 -- Chapter Nine. Office Space: The Making of a Cult Classic -- Chapter Ten. Rebel With or Without a Crew: Robert Rodriguez and Spy Kids -- Conclusion: Outside the System, Inside the System -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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