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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 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.… (more)
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Links the background of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with other counterculture genre including horror and the Punk Music movement. Index and Bibliography. Texts referred to as "hippie" are The Lord of the Rings, Stranger in a Strange Land, Steppenwolf, and The Teachings of Don Juan. B&W photos.
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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 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.

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