The Kids Are All Right As An Independent Film

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American independent film is somewhat of a mystery to many American’s these days. A majority of the movies American’s view today, are the ones that tend to do the best in the box office and when they are released on DVD, are those made by major Hollywood directors and writers with the big name actors. Many of them have a similar story line: boy falls in love with girl, boy loses girl, boy fights to get girl back, and they live happily ever after. They are there mainly to entertain people with their graphics or special effects. With those films, there is not much a message, it is something we see time after time, and people do not leave the theatre saying “Wow! That was a storyline that I’ve never seen in a film before.” American independent film does the opposite of what typical Hollywood movies do; these films will make you think, they may have an unconventional storyline, maybe the film has actors no one has ever heard of before. These films are usually made with a much smaller budget than Hollywood movies and take a short amount of time to film the entire movie. A good example of an American independent film is Lisa Cholodenko’s film The Kids Are All Right. It is a completely unconventional film, that was somewhat shocking to audiences when it first came out in theatres because of its extremely different storyline that most people had not seen in film before. However, it attracted a lot of people, however, because of its witty humor that pokes fun at the storyline. This film is an American independent film because it fits completely into Geoff King’s theory of independent films. This means that it’s production history is not what a typical Hollywood movie’s would be, it’s narrative is something that most film audiences have not seen, and it has a very strong alternative vision and voice that will make people think once the movie is over. This film has

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