The Rough Guide To American Independent Film

- Introduction - Declarations of Independence -- the American indie story - The Canon -- 50 essential indie films --- Bad Lieutenant --- Before Sunrise --- Before Sunset --- Being John Malkovich --- The Blair Witch Project --- Blood Simple --- Boys Don't Cry --- Buffalo '86 --- Citizen Ruth --- Crumb --- Do The Right Thing --- Drugstore Cowboy --- Easy Rider --- Eraserhead --- The Evil Dead --- Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! --- Gas, Food Lodging --- Go Fish --- Kids --- The Living End --- El Mariachi --- Mean Streets --- Medium Cool --- Memento --- Metropolitan --- Near Dark --- Night of the Living Dead --- One False Move --- Our Song --- Poison --- Portait of Jason --- Pulp Fiction --- Return of the Secaucus 7 --- Roger & Me --- Safe --- Schizopolis --- sex, lies and videotape --- Shadows --- Sherman's March --- Shock Corridor --- Slacker --- Spanking the Monkey --- Stranger Than Paradise --- Sweet Sweetback's Badassss Song --- Tarnation --- The Thin Blue Line --- To Sleep With Anger --- Wanda --- Welcome to the Dollhouse --- A Woman Under The Influence - The Icons: -- contemporary directors & talent - Conduct Unbecoming -- the american underground - Money Changes Everything -- the Hollywood Connection - The Information -- the wider picture - Picture Credits - Index