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Midnight Movies

Jonathan Rosenbaum

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 360

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: March 22, 1991

ISBN: 0306804336

ISBN 13: 9780306804335

Midnight Movies

Jonathan Rosenbaum

0/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 360

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: March 22, 1991

ISBN: 0306804336

ISBN 13: 9780306804335

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