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Thứ Ba, 2 tháng 6, 2015

How To Enjoy Indie Movies Online

By Ericka Marsh


To be strict, any movie made in the United States but not by a bid studio can be categorized as an independent movie. To speak practically, it reflects a broad family, including almost any film that was made without the funding and connections enjoyed by mainstream Hollywood movies. Films in this family have an uphill climb facing them when it comes to distribution, even in New York or Los Angeles. People looking to enjoy these films should learn how to enjoy indie movies online.

If one values quality, one should learn to appreciate it when it appears. The average indie film isn't looking to be just another knockoff of mainstream movies, but looks at approaches and subjects Hollywood generally doesn't yet touch. It can be liberating not needing to make $100 million on the first weekend. It permits the cultivation of a small audience of elite taste and knowledge.

Probably the back bone of the indie film movement is the hard band of indie film-makers, typically armed with an MFA in film, a little money, and a lot of nerve. These films are often the work of film-makers who are even more independent, lacking any degree or connections. This group of producers and directors and those from the schools do work that informs each other, with the un-degreed perhaps more likely to resort to genre films such as horror movies.

There are certain entire genres of film that will almost never make vast sums of money because of the nature of a mass audience. Chief among these is the documentary. This medium has become a remarkably powerful way to spread awareness not only of themes that don't make the Hollywood film, but topics that don't make the network news.

Documentary films have become a weapon of resistance for the powerless living in untended corners of the world, places like Indonesia and Rwanda. At home, they have been a tool for giving attention to impoverished or otherwise marginalized groups of people. The camera counterbalances the advantage in resources possessed by multinational corporations and oppressive regimes.

Because independent filmmaking is so close to the film school, the websites where bone can find it often are great sources for the various streams from which filmmakers learn their craft. One of these is foreign film, which is well-represented and in as much national diversity as possible. Another of these is silent film, a grand tradition today's impatient public can no longer tolerate.

Among the wonderful things indie films can do is make movies that help minorities see their lives reflected on the screen. The films can actually become a vital aspect of such groups' lifestyle, a pocket universe of media within the mass market. The LGBT community, eager to find screen romances that break the heterosexual mold, takes full advantage of indie movies' ability to give voice and image to smaller audiences.

Another group is the evangelical community, which effectively includes Mormons. Both groups raise the objection that Hollywood has ignored their socially conservative values, and have begun making their own films. More and more people have come to value independent film, and increasingly, the best place to find them is online.




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