Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film Peter Biskind
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

This So-Called Disaster Down & Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind. The first book was Peter Biskind's "Down and Dirty Pictures", a lengthy piece of film history that covers the rise of American independent film through the early 1990s until the early 2000s. Just now I'm reading “Down and Dirty Pictures” about Miramax, Sundance and the rise of independent film, that covers the time you are talking about. Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind I study baseball, I study music, I study literature and I also study films. Peter Biskind's Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film is an interesting read, if you're looking to learn more about the transformation of independent cinema during the 1990s. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind. € Broché : éditions Le Cherche Midi, 669 pages, 2006 • Poche : éditions Points, 911 pages, 2007. Biskind's book mainly focuses on the two camps that helped produced and distribute some of the most iconic and influential independent films of '90s: Miramax Pictures under the leadership of Bob and Harvey Weinstein and the Sundance Institute financed and run by Robert Redford. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Sundance and the Golden Camera at Cannes. Peter Biskind is the author of Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film, the 2004 book which explored the rise of US independent film in the 80s and how it influenced the major studios. Indeed… history repeating itself and if you need proof – read the Biskind book: “Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film” – its all there. Palm-Star is developing a feature film adaptation of Peter Biskind's Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film into a feature length comedy. Traduction de l'ouvrage paru aux Etats-Unis sous le titre "Down and dirty pictures : Miramax, Sundance, and the rise of independent film". The first independent film to gross more than $200 million, Pulp Fiction was a shot of adrenaline to Hollywood's heart, reviving John Travolta's career, making stars of Samuel L. Down and Dirty Pictures chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines — the Sundance Film Festival and Miramax Films — that have powered them. Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind: Biskind is at it again, this time digging up considerable dirt on the Weinstein brothers and Robert Redford and Sundance.