Midnight Movies

Midnight Movies
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Publisher : Perseus Books
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 0306804336
ISBN-13 : 9780306804335
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Midnight Movies by : J. Hoberman

Download or read book Midnight Movies written by J. Hoberman and published by Perseus Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are a few of the over 100 films discussed in Midnight 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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