Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream tells the hidden history of these landmark films, El Topo (1970), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Harder They Come (1973), Pink Flamingos (1972), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Eraserhead (1977). The documentary includes in-depth interviews with the directors, producers, writers and actors who were part of these low-budget, yet monumental productions, the exhibitors and distributors who played them, and the au... (Full plot summary below)
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream tells the hidden history of these landmark films, El Topo (1970), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Harder They Come (1973), Pink Flamingos (1972), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Eraserhead (1977). The documentary includes in-depth interviews with the directors, producers, writers and actors who were part of these low-budget, yet monumental productions, the exhibitors and distributors who played them, and the audiences who viewed them.
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| VarietyRobert KoehlerSamuels' own enjoyment for midnighters comes through in his funky visual design -- visually spunky for a clips-and-talking-heads film -- and in the energetic editing. |
| Eye for FilmAnton BitelSamuels' film both contextualises and celebrates these strange slices of subversive counter-culture |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzTells the amazing story of how Midnight Movies, cult films, started. |
| Time OutBen WaltersIt's a celebration of cinema-going as a 'ritual experience or trip', a communal adventure with no real equivalent in the exquisitely atomised YouTubeverse. |
| User ReviewDavid HThis is a great documentary that focuses on the significance of the "midnight movie" both culturally and in the film world. |
| User ReviewTim SGreat film about a beautiful time in cinema history. |
| User ReviewKevin MNot a bad documentary that chronicles significant midnight film culture from '70 to '77. John Waters is a filthy director. Ewww. |
| User ReviewJohn CThe film viewer´s guide to galaxy of weird, sleazy, original and funny cinema.. I loved it! |
| User Reviewtariq jnice movie and i like it very much and i hope that u will watch it to |
| User ReviewDarian GA look into how great cult films are made. Very nasty. Very true. Bloody good. |
