Download or read book Rewriting Indie Cinema written by J. J. Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-09 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rewriting Indie Cinema, J. J. Murphy explores alternative forms of scripting and how they have shaped American film from the 1950s to the present. He traces a strain of indie cinema that used improvisation and psychodrama, a therapeutic form of improvised acting based on a performer's own life experiences.