Frontmatter
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION. ACROSS THE SPECTRUM: FROM IMPROVISATION TO PSYCHODRAMA
1. AND I HATE ACTORS: THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA
2. LET'S NOT PHONY IT UP ANYMORE: THE FILMS OF JOHN CASSAVETES
3. PLACE-BASED REALISM: MACKENZIE, LODEN, AND BURNETT
4. EXPERIMENTS IN PSYCHODRAMA: MEKAS, WARHOL, CLARKE, AND MAILER
5. HUMAN LIFE ISN'T NECESSARILY WELL-WRITTEN: WILLIAM GREAVES'S SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE AND TAKE 2½
6. BEYOND THE METHOD: ABEL FERRARA AND HARVEY KEITEL
7. TIED TO A MACHINE: THE FILMS OF GUS VAN SANT
8. I LIKE HOW YOU TALK: THE FILMS OF JOE SWANBERG
9. IMPROVISATION AND PLACE: PUTTY HILL, STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS, AND THE FILMS OF SEAN BAKER
10. REDISCOVERING PSYCHODRAMA: FROWNLAND, HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT, AND STINKING HEAVEN
11. THE LINE BETWEEN REALITY AND STAGING: ACTOR MARTINEZ, ACTRESS, AND THE WITNESS
CONCLUSION: BLENDING FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX