Engaging Dialogue: Cinematic Verbalism in American Independent Cinema

by Jennifer O'Meara

Book Overview

Examining the centrality of dialogue to American independent cinema, Jennifer O'Meara argues that it is impossible to separate small budgets from the old adage that 'talk is cheap'. Focusing on the 1980s until the present, particularly on the films by writer-directors like Jim Jarmusch, Noah Baumbach and Richard Linklater, this book demonstrates dialogue's ability to engage audiences and bind together the narrative, aesthetic and performative elements...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474420621
• ISBN13: 9781474420624
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"