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There's just one problem: what exactly do we mean by 'independent film', anyway?
It's a question that a lot of people have been asking lately, as the lines between the big studios and the little moviemakers grows increasingly blurred and the meaning of 'independent' -- always nebulous in the arcane world of cinema financing -- becomes more difficult than ever to determine. The latest blogger to contemplate the meaning of independent cinema is Cole Drumb at Film.com, who uses an essay by the always-engaging Ray Carney as his jumping-off point.
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