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CHARACTERSTICS INDEPENDENT FILMS

INTRODUCTION

Independent films are feature films produced outside of the major film studio system and is also produced and distributed by independent entertainment agencies. There marketing is characterized by limited release but can also be marketed in wide release. They can be screened at local, national or international film festivals before they are distributed. In my work, I would like to show how the following movies, I.e. My Left foot and reservoir dogs meet the basic criteria as independent films. The above movies are analyzed below.

Reservoir Dogs, It is an American crime thriller film that explains the events before and after botched diamond heist. The writer and the director of the film is Quentin Tarantino and the stars are Harvey keiteL,Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris penn,Lawrence Tierney and Tim Roth. Edward Bunker the criminal turned author and tarantino have minor roles in the film.

The film is classified as an independent because, it was well received and many critics praised its cast. The film was very successful in the United States though it was not given many promotions. The film was more successful in the united kingdom grossing €6.5 million and it also achieved higher popularity.Reservior dogs is low budget endie movie about some men arguing in a warehouse without big stars and unknow writer director.It is expected to be violent, as we are waiting to see the psychopathic Mr. Blonde(Michael Madsen) slashing a policeman’s face and cutting his ear but at the end reservoir Dogs is not a violent film, It has a more talking than ear-lopping, and it is not violence particularly explicit. This is also another characteristic of independent films when the response of the film comes out to be different from the expectations of the viewers.

Reservoir Dogs is more restrained than standard holly hood thriller and is also more moral. In this film the protagonist is not getting away with murder like other films. In this movie crimes don’t pay, violence does not solve anything and crooks are revealed to be burglars and cowards.The film insists that, anyone who kills another person should also get killed too.

The opening scenes of the movie is high-minded ness.Tarantino persuades us that we will see a heist being pulled off to perfection by the coolest dudes (Sharp-suited career criminals sitting around a dinner table talking about everything except the diamond robbery they were planning) since the Rat Pack starred in ocean’s Eleven. But this is all a trick, a little while we start hearing agonist gasps and whimpers and the next thing we see is a terrified Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) at the back seat bleeding profusely.Tarantino does not show us the anti-heroes profession by showing the activities in the jewellery store he only show use us painful and their humiliating feeling after their botched job.its only in this film out characters being losers, one and all.The rest of the film bears this out.

My left Foot is a biographical drama film written and directed by Jim Sheridan. The starring characters are, Daniel Day-lewis, Brenda fricker, Ray McAnnally and Fiona shaw.It tells the story of Christy brown Born with cerebral palsy who could only control his left foot.He grew up in a poor, working class family and became a writer and artist. Other characters in the movie are, Julie Hale, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee, and Cyril Cusack.

The film contains characteristics of independent film as; it was well received by critics and audiences, with Daniel Day-Lewis acting as man with cerebral palsy. Critics and film watchers ranked his performance as one of the best.

The film opens with Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), who has a cerebral palsy. He is taken to a charity event where he meets his nurse Mary Carr. Steve could not walk or talk but his family loved and supported him, more so his mother. One day as a young boy, He saw his saw his mother fall down a flight of stairs while in labor and he was able to alert some neighbors and summon them over to help..This made his father who had never believed in him became a supporter. He used his left foot to write the word Mother on the floor with a piece of chalk.

As an independent film, the movies bring up Christy brown as an untypical hero or unusual hero. In many circumstances Christy Brown shows the requirement of typical cinematic hero. He is self-educated, working class man, an artist and a writer and he also secures the love of a woman. Despite his physical limitations he teaches himself to speak and express himself through painting and writing using is left foot. His disability marks him as an untypical or unusual hero. The cinematic hero may be sometime emotionally distraught particularly in some genres such as film noir, but he is rarely physically disabled because he is able to accomplish his goals as any superman. Despite his disability, Christy performs physical and classical activities of heroism. As a young boy he uses his left foot to bang of front door to alert neighbors to come help his pregnant mother when he fall down the stairs, He scores goal in football game with local boys through a powerful kick using his left foot, He also uses his weight to open a pantry door to help his father who was lying unconscious on the flow. He also defend his family name after the death and burial of his father.

CONCLUSSION

Both the “reservoir Dogs “and “My Left Foot” movies characterize independent films in that, there is a lot of iron in the story of the movie, the results turn out to be different from our expectations. For example, in most films main actors of the movie get away with the murder which is not the case in Reservoir Dogs. In My left foot we see a crippled man being successful and performing activities of normal man in a unique manner.

REFERENCES

Dawson, Jeff (February 1993). "Classic Feature: Reservoir Dogs" .

"Indie Film Financing makeindependentfilms.com" .

Hughes, Howard (2006). Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Crime Movies. London.