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WSJ-Summer Indie Films Lighten Up
May 10, 2008 – After a poor summer a year ago, indie film distributors are steering clear of political-laced Iraq/Afghanistan films to focus on domestic themes, notes a Wall Street Journal article. There are less less dark and bleak films that indie filmmakers love to make, but are a tough sell to audiences. “This season, a number of films are courting viewers in search of movies that deal with real life –especially high school,” notes the article by Lauren A.E. Schuker.
One is documentary American Teen that Paramount Vantage will release July 25. In a sign indie marketers are lightening up, the article notes American Teen is positioned as “a modern-day Breakfast Club, complete with a poster featuring five teens against a pale pink background in homage to the 1985 John Hughes flick.” Other indie films of note cited in the article are How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, The Wackness, The Foot Fist Way, Brideshead Revisted, Hamlet 2 and Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
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