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
Video: Excerpts from selected films

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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 criticism

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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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