Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction The Hippies and the Cowboys All Looked Alike 1
5. 1 A Living Nightmare / Tobe Hooper and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 17
6. 2 Eagle Pennell and the Rise of Regional Filmmaking 48
7. 3 Made in Austin / The Austin Chronicle and Red Headed Stranger 64
8. 4 Slacker / The Least Auteur Film Ever Made 87
9. 5 The Mariachi Kid / Robert Rodriguez and El Mariachi 115
10. 6 The Reluctant Quarterback / Richard Linklater and Dazed and Confused 150
11. 7 Winning the Battle, Losing the War / 188 The Newton Boys 188
12. 8 The Company Man / Tim McCanlies and Dancer, Texas Pop 221
13. 9 Office Space / The Making of a Cult Classic 249
14. 10 Rebel With or Without a Crew / Robert Rodriguez and Spy Kids 273
15. Conclusion/ Outside the System, Inside the System 304
16. Notes 315
17. Selected Bibliography 345
18. Index 347