Others are more avowedly ‘political’ or polemical in intent. The ‘artistic’ and the ‘political’ are far from separate categories, however. Formal experiment and departure from dominant conventions is, potentially, a major resource for the deconstruction of dominant ideologies. Other examples of American independent cinema are less lofty in their ambitions, taking up the inheritance of lower-budget ‘exploitation’ cinema, for example, or seeking to carve a niche through the creation of ‘quality’, stylish, cultish or offbeat films, the primary goal of which remains the provision of profit-generating entertainment
