Autoren: J. Hoberman & J. Rosenbaum
Ein Buch über die Geschichte des (amerikanischen) Underground-Films und den sogenannten Midnight-Movies, welches anhand von Filmen wie "El Topo", "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Pink Flamingos", "NIght of the Living Dead" und "Eraserhead" nachgezeichnet wird. Ungewöhnliche Filme, die von Kritikern gehasst dank aufgeschlossenen Publikum, mutigen Kinobesitzern und mitternächtlichen Vorstellungen in einer Zeit vor VHS und DVD zu Kultfilmen wurden.
Inhalt:
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.
