Indie Cinema 1986: Films That Matter
My Book about Indies
Films
At Close Range
D: James Foley
Cast: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken
Blue Velvet
D: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle Mac Lachlan, Laura Dern
Crimes of the Heart
D: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek
Desert Bloom
D: Eugene Corr
Cast: Annabeth Gish, Jon Voight
Desert Hearts
D: Donna Deitch
Cast: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau
Extremities
D: Robert M. Young
Cast: Farrah Faucett, James Russo
Hard Choices
D: Rick King
Cast: Margaret Klenck, Gary McCleary
Heavy
D: James Mangold
Cast: Pruitt Taylor Vince, Liv Taylor
Hollywood Shuffle
D: Robert Townsend
Cast: Robert Townsend, Anne Marie Johnson
Hoosiers
D: David Anspaugh
Cast: Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper
Nobody’s Fool
D: Evelyn Purcell
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts
Parting Glances
D: Bill Sherwood
Cast: John Bolger, Richard Ganoung
Peggy Sue Got Married
D: Francis F. Coppola
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage
Platoon
D: Oliver Stone
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe
River’s Edge
D: Tim Hunter
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Crispin Glover
Salvador
D: Oliver Stone
Cast: James Woods, James Belushi
She’s Gotta Have It
D: Spike Lee
Cast: Tracy Camilla Johns
Sid and Nancy
D: Alex Cox
Cast: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb
Smooth Talk
D: Joyce Chopra
Cast: Laura Dern, Treat Williams
Something Wild
D: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels
True Stories
D: David Byrne
Cast: David Byrne, John Goodman
