The Persistent Transience of Microcinema (in the United States and Canada)
ABSTRACT While the film industry has standardized exhibition and consumption practices to some extent, as exemplified in the multiplex model, some diversity remains within this field of cultural production. Microcinema provides one such variation or, as many practitioners would assert, a reaction ag...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Film History: An International Journal. - Indiana University Press, 1987. - 27(2015), 3, Seite 104-136 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
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2015
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Film History: An International Journal |
| Schlagworte: | microcinema nontheatrical exhibition taste DIY alternative cinephilia scene subculture Behavioral sciences Business mehr... |
| Zusammenfassung: | ABSTRACT While the film industry has standardized exhibition and consumption practices to some extent, as exemplified in the multiplex model, some diversity remains within this field of cultural production. Microcinema provides one such variation or, as many practitioners would assert, a reaction against mainstream exhibition, and to a lesser degree institutional practices. This article discusses the transient but persistent nature of microcinema. It also provides a much-needed historical analysis of the transition from previous alternative film exhibition venues, like the art house, to the contemporary practice of microcinema, given that film history has largely neglected and underdocumented this significant yet ephemeral phenomenon. |
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| ISSN: | 15533905 |
| DOI: | 10.2979/filmhistory.27.3.104 |