Irony, nihilism and the new American 'smart' film
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"Irony, nihilism and the new American 'smart' film" (2002) is an essay by Jeffrey Sconce which introduced the concept of "smart cinema" to describe the stylistic and thematic interests of American independent filmmakers such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Todd Solondz, Neil LaBute, and Todd Haynes.
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