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From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Self
- (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
Robert Shaye
- Self
- (as Bob Shaye)
George A. Romero
- Self
- (as George Romero)
Jim Sharman
- Self
- (archive footage)
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an interesting piece of history
The collection of films gathered in this documentary is centered around the cult of the midnight movies, a series of films in the 70s which were not only experimental in form and shocking in content, but also presented a different type of viewing experience in the decade between the flower power 60s and the electronic explosion of the 80s. All these films became cult objects and enjoyed success which was not necessarily, or not only commercial, but also focused on a type of non-mainstream audience. The films themselves were very unequal judged on the art scale, with three of the six being important films, to be remembered in any history of the moving pictures art, and the other three closer to the trash pan. It is however interesting to see the authors of the movies looking back to the time of the making and the critics trying to put them in perspective. At the end it is not so much the documentary material that stays with the viewer but the reflection process that makes us think about the relationship between art, viewing conditions, experiment and success.
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- dromasca
- Jan 19, 2008
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- Полуночные фильмы: От края до мейнстрима
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- CA$671,000 (estimated)
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- $2,143
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By what name was Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005) officially released in India in English?
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