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The line between the Hollywood mainstream and the independent film community continues to blur with yesterday's announcement of the nominations for the 10th annual Independent Spirit Awards at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
The films nominated by the Independent Feature Project/West included the expected "Pulp Fiction," which was nominated for best feature, but also "I Like It Like That," a low-budget feature produced and released by Columbia Pictures, which was among the best first feature nominees.
In addition to Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp," Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway," Alan Rudolph's "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" and the foreign film "Eat Drink Man Woman," from director Ang Lee, are all in the running for best feature film.
Aside from first-time director Darnell Martin's "I Like It Like That," other films on the best first feature list were "Clean Shaven" from director Lodge Kerrigan, Kevin Smith's "Clerks," David Siegel and Scott McGehee's "Suture," and David O. Russell's "Spanking the Monkey."
The decision to include "I Like It Like That," is in keeping with the IFP's recent announcement that it was expanding the definition of an "independent" film to encompass a broader spectrum of...