Down and Dirty Pictures

Just finished reading (though not finished) Down and Dirty Pictures - Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind. It is about the emergence of independent films in the US since the late 1980s. It has a strong focus on the roles played by Miramax, the Sundance Film Festival and independent filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino. If you think all US films are of the Hollywood studio-made big-budget type, reading this book should enrich your knowledge about this all-conquering industry.

As to why I failed to finish this book? Because it "is loaded with vibrant anecdotes and outrageous stories, all of it blended into a fast-moving narrative" (from the blub on the book jacket), and this style - I might call it the Hollywood trash style - puts me off.