COMPETITIONS To celebrate the release of Special, we have a fantastic Les Paul Special II guitar to give away, courtesy of Epiphone. To stand a chance of winning this great prize, please email paul@revolvergroup.com with the words SPECIAL EPIPHONE COMPETITION in the subject line. Please remember to include your name, address and contact telephone number. We have five copies of the terrific book Underground U.S.A. - Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon to give away. To stand a chance of winning a copy, please email paul@revolvergroup.com with the words SPECIAL COMPETITION in the subject line. Please remember to include your name, address and conact telephone number. This competition is only open to residents of the UK. We will inform winners when the competition closes. Underground U.S.A. - Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon Whether defined by the carnivalesque excesses of Troma studios ( The Toxic Avenger), the arthouse erotica of Radley Metzger and Doris Wishman, or the narrative experimentations of Abel Ferrara, Melvin Van Peebles, Jack Smith, or Harmony Korine, underground cinema has achieved an important position within American film culture. Often defined as "cult" and "exploitation" or "alternative" and "independent," the American underground retains separate strategies of production and exhibition from the cinematic mainstream, while its sexual and cinematic representations differ from the traditionally conservative structures of the Hollywood system. Underground U.S.A. offers a fascinating overview of this area of maverick moviemaking by considering the links between the experimental and exploitative traditions of the American underground.