The 1990s saw a shock wave of dynamic new directing talent that took the Hollywood studio system by storm. At the forefront of that movement were six innovative and daring directors whose films pushed the boundaries of moviemaking and announced to the world that something exciting was happening in Hollywood. Sharon Waxman of the
New York Times
spent the decade covering these young filmmakers, and in
Rebels on the Backlot
she weaves together the lives and careers of Quentin Tarantino,
Pulp Fiction
; Steven Soderbergh,
Traffic
; David Fincher,
Fight Club
; Paul Thomas Anderson,
Boogie Nights
; David O. Russell,
Three Kings
; and Spike Jonze,
Being John Malkovich
.