Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: The Business of Auteur Theory 1
5. 1. Post (Henry And John) Fordism: Kirk Douglas And Guerrilla Economy 33
6. 2. The Cinema Of Defection: The Corporate Counterculture And Robert Altman’S Lion’S Gate 75
7. 3. Television Totalities: Zanuck- Brown And The Privately Held Company 125
8. 4. The Ethos Of Incorporation: BBS And The Law Of Unnatural Persons 169
9. Afterword: Auteurs, Amateurs, Animators 209
10. Notes 223
11. Index 255