Sexo, mentiras y Hollywood : Miramax, Sundance y el cine independiente

In the late 1980s, a new generation of independent filmmakers began to emerge, drawing inspiration from the directors of the 1970s. Steven Soderbergh, Quentin Tarantino, Todd Haynes, Ang Lee, Robert Rodriguez, and dozens of lesser-known directors began to garner awards, some even reaching Cannes and, after much effort, the Academy. Many of them, discovered at the fledgling Sundance Film Festival, founded by Robert Redford, were championed by Harvey and Bob Weinstein, whose film company, Miramax, dominated the festival year after year. In Sex, Lies, and Hollywood, Peter Biskind tells the story of the independent filmmakers and distributors who revitalized Hollywood in the 1990s. He traces Sundance's expansive trajectory, from its beginnings as a regional film festival to its transformation into the premier showcase for independent cinema, and shows how this happened even in spite of Redford, whose visionary plans were often thwarted by his quixotic personality. In these pages, Biskind also traces the meteoric rise of the already controversial Harvey Weinstein, before he was sentenced to prison for sexual abuse. The author recounts how Weinstein managed to launch numerous stars of today's star system and turn his company into an Oscar-winning machine that has been the envy of the studios; perhaps the key to why the entire film industry has remained silent for so long.