Welcome to Indie Film, Summer 2015

Indie Films at Cinema Center (Corner of Clay and Berry in Fort Wayne), May 19-June 23.  Films are free and open to the public, as are the discussions afterward.  The film is introduced at 7, and the films begin at 7:30pm.  The discussion is after the film.

We'll cover early independent film makers such as Peter Fonda and John Cassavetes to those of what might be called the golden age of independent filmmaking in the late 80s and 90s (Coens, Jarmusch, Lynch, etc.) to an intriguing recent reappearance in Linklater's Boyhood (2014)

  The focus is historical, so we look at early and “golden age” (80s and 90s) independent directors and producers, and cultural, considering “indie” as a set of assumptions about film content, characters, plot structure, etc.

Film Schedule

1. May 19 Hopper, Easy Rider (1967) (Newman, Introduction and Chapter 1)
          21 Cassavetes, Woman Under the Influence (1973)  (Newman, Chapter 2 and 3)

    2.           26 Coens, Blood Simple (1981) (Newman, Chapter 4)

                    28 Jarmusch, Stranger Than Paradise (1983) (Newman, Chapter 5)

    3. June 2 Lynch, Blue Velvet (1986) (Newman, Chapter 6)
                   4   Midterm (at IPFW, SB 184)

    4.         9  Lee, Do the Right Thing (1989)

                11 Tarantino, Pulp Fiction (1994)

   5.         16 Favreau, Swingers (1996)

                   18 Aronofsky, Pi (1998)  

    6.     23 Linklater, Boyhood (2014)