Midnight Movies
by J. Hoberman, Jonathan Rosenbaum
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These are a few of the over 100 films discussed inMidnight Movies, a comprehensive and in-depth look at the subculture movies of the past three decades. Here is the complete history of cult films, their makers, and their audience; an examination of how films become "midnight movies," and what keeps audiences coming back to see them over and over; an exploration of the connections between subversive film and the subcultures from which it emerges. Supplemented with a new afterward detailing show more the accommodation of midnight movies into the mainstream and speculating on the future of the genre,Midnight Movies is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and future of American cinema. show lessTags
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J. Hoberman is the senior film critic at the Village Voice and an Adjunct Professor of Cinema at Cooper Union
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Jonathan Rosenbaum was the film critic for the Chicago Reader from 1987 to 2008. He is the coauthor of Abbas Kiarostami, Expanded Second Edition and the author of Cinematic Encounters: Interviews and Dialogues and Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia. He archives his work at jonathanrosenbaum.net.
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Midnight Movies
- People/Characters
- George A. Romero; John Waters; Alejandro Jodorowsky; David Lynch
- Related movies
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975 | IMDb); El Topo (1970 | IMDb); The Holy Mountain (1973 | IMDb); Night of the Living Dead (1968 | IMDb); Pink Flamingos (1972 | IMDb); Eraserhead (1977 | IMDb)
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 791.43750973 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Two or more films standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography
- LCC
- PN1995 .H58 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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- (4.18)
- Languages
- English, Polish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
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