Take It Back

James Mottram's The Sundance Kids: How The Mavericks Took Back Hollywood was a big disappointment. I've read a number of books on indie filmmakers of the past few decades and this is the worst. The author regularly makes pronouncements, both political and artistic, without any backing.

I like a guy with a point of view, but he doesn't seem to think any mainstream Hollywood hit has any value. He doesn't argue the point, he just assumes it.

Also, just how did these mavericks take over? I must have missed that.