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Documentaries like Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

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The 3 reasons people love Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

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  1. You love the cinema of the 1970s.

  2. You like the strangest films that ever found a crowd.

  3. You want the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse1991

    • the strangest films that ever found a crowd
    • the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual

    Good for you if you like seeing how a famous film almost never got made.

  • Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese2019

    • the strangest films that ever found a crowd

    Good for you if you like a documentary that plays tricks on you.

  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014

    • the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual

    Good for you if you like true stories about how movies really get made.

  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead2018

    • the cinema of the 1970s
    • the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual

    Good for you if you want the real story behind a film shot over years and left unfinished.

  • The Pervert's Guide to Cinema2006

    • the cinema of the 1970s
    • the strangest films that ever found a crowd

    Good for you if you like strange readings of Psycho, The Birds and Blue Velvet.

  • Imagine: John Lennon1988

    • the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual

    Good for you if you want Lennon in his own voice, from Liverpool to New York.

  • De Palma2016

    • the cinema of the 1970s

    Good for you if you like the thrillers of the 1970s and 1980s.

  • Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy2004

    • the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual

    Good for you if you like hearing George Lucas and his cast tell how Star Wars was made.

  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005

    • the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual

    Good for you if you like a life story told by the people who were there.

  • The Celluloid Closet1996

    • the cinema of the 1970s
    • the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual

    Good for you if you want actors and writers telling what was hidden in plain sight.

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