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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Documentary · 2006
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
The sides of Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
- Six cult films shown at midnight in the 1970s
- El Topo, Eraserhead and Rocky Horror
- Directors looking back on how it happened
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream is good for you if…
- you love the cinema of the 1970s.
- you like the strangest films that ever found a crowd.
- you want the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual.
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream is bad for you if…
- you'd rather not see raw clips from films like Pink Flamingos.
- you want one story to follow, not six films and many interviews.
About: cult cinema · the counterculture · audiences
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