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B Movies

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Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781512267419
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book B Movies written by and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "B" MOVIES by Don Miller, with an introduction by Leonard Maltin No one ever paid much attention to the bottom half of double-features in the 1930s and '40s-except movie enthusiast Don Miller, who had a photographic memory. This unique and invaluable book traces the history of Hollywood's cinematic step-children, the low-budget movies that came from fly-by-night producers as well as the major studios. From Bela Lugosi to Charlie Chan, they're all here in this comprehensive and entertaining text-a resource that's been out-of-print for many years. Whether your interest is the early work of directors like Anthony Mann and Budd Boetticher or the roots of film noir, you'll find what you're looking for in Don Miller's lively, encyclopedic book.

French B Movies

Author : David A. Pettersen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253064902
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book French B Movies written by David A. Pettersen and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the impoverished outskirts of French cities, known as the banlieues, minority communities are turning to American culture, history, and theory to make their own voices, cultures, and histories visible. Filmmakers have followed suit, turning to Hollywood genre conventions to challenge notions of identity, belonging, and marginalization in mainstream French film. French B Movies proposes that French banlieue films, far from being a fringe genre, offer a privileged site from which to understand the current state of the French film industry in an age of globalization. This gritty style appears in popular arthouse films such as Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine and Bande de filles (Girlhood) along with the major Netflix hit series Lupin. David Pettersen traces how, in these works and others, directors fuse features of banlieue cinema with genre formulas associated with both Hollywood and Black cultural models, as well as how transnational genre hybridizations, such as B movies, have become part of the ecosystem of the French film industry. By combining film analysis, cultural history, critical theory, and industry studies, French B Movies reveals how featuring banlieues is as much about trying to imagine new identities and production models for French cinema as it is about representation.

French B Movies

Author : David A. Pettersen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253064910
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book French B Movies written by David A. Pettersen and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the impoverished outskirts of French cities, known as the banlieues, minority communities are turning to American culture, history, and theory to make their own voices, cultures, and histories visible. Filmmakers have followed suit, turning to Hollywood genre conventions to challenge notions of identity, belonging, and marginalization in mainstream French film. French B Movies proposes that French banlieue films, far from being a fringe genre, offer a privileged site from which to understand the current state of the French film industry in an age of globalization. This gritty style appears in popular arthouse films such as Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine and Bande de filles (Girlhood) along with the major Netflix hit series Lupin. David Pettersen traces how, in these works and others, directors fuse features of banlieue cinema with genre formulas associated with both Hollywood and Black cultural models, as well as how transnational genre hybridizations, such as B movies, have become part of the ecosystem of the French film industry. By combining film analysis, cultural history, critical theory, and industry studies, French B Movies reveals how featuring banlieues is as much about trying to imagine new identities and production models for French cinema as it is about representation.

Attack of the New B Movies

Author : Justin Wigard
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476648107
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Attack of the New B Movies written by Justin Wigard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception in 1992, the Sci-Fi Channel (later rebranded as SYFY) has aired more than 500 network-produced or commissioned films. Campy and prolific, the network churned out one low-budget film after another, finally finding its zenith in the 2013 release of Sharknado. With unpretentious charm and a hearty helping of commodified nostalgia, the Sharknado franchise briefly ruled the cultural consciousness and temporarily transformed SYFY's original films from cult fringe to appointment television. Naturally, the network followed up with a steady stream of sequels and spin-offs, including Lavalantula and its sequel, 2 Lava 2 Lantula! This collection of essays is the first to devote critical attention to SYFY's original film canon, both pre- and post-Sharknado. In addition to unpacking the cultural, historical and critical underpinnings of the monsters at the heart of SYFY's classic creature features, the contributors offer a variety of approaches to understanding and interrogating these films within the broader contexts of ecocriticism, monster theory, post-9/11 criticism, and neocolonialism. Providing a further entry point for future scholarship, an appendix details a thorough filmography of SYFY's original films from 1992 to 2022.

The Art of the B-movie Poster

Author : Adam Newell
Publisher : Gingko Press Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781584236221
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the B-movie Poster written by Adam Newell and published by Gingko Press Editions. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploding off the page with over 1,000 of the best examples of exploitation, grindhouse, and pulp film poster design comes The Art of the B-Movie Poster, a collection of incredible posters from low-budget films from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Once relegated to the underground and midnight movie circuit, these films and their bombastic advertisements are experiencing a surge of mainstream popularity driven by fans appreciative of the artistic skill, distinctive aesthetic, and unabashed sensationalism they relied on to make a profit, with the quality of the poster often far surpassing that of the film itself. The book celebrates this tradition with sections divided into "moral panic" films, action, horror, sci-fi, and of course, sex, each introduced with short essays by genre experts such as Kim Newman, Eric Schaffer, Simon Sheridan, Vern, and author Stephen Jones, winner of the Horror Writer's Association 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Non-Fiction. Edited by Adam Newell and featuring an introduction by author and filmmaker Pete Tombs, The Art of the B-Movie Poster is a loving tribute to the artwork and artists that brought biker gangs, jungle girls, James Bond rip-offs and reefer heads to life for audiences around the world.

B-Movie Gothic

Author : Justin Edwards
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474423450
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book B-Movie Gothic written by Justin Edwards and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading philosophers reconsider the philosophical destiny of education.

REFLECTIONS OF A ''B''- MOVIE JUNKIE

Author : Jim Driscoll
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462838200
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book REFLECTIONS OF A ''B''- MOVIE JUNKIE written by Jim Driscoll and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reflections Of A 'B' Movie Junkie" is a tribute to the old "B" Movies of the Saturday Matinees of yesteryear. Actually, it is more of a homage to them, or at least (6) genres of those film types, that were so prevalent back in primarily the '40's and '50's. Their research and discussion, however, in some instances, dates all the way back to the beginning of the "talkies" of motion picture content, and can extend in the other direction, into the early '70s. These (6) genres include the popular "B"-Western, The Comedy Teams, The Jungle Adventures, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Horror and the Serial, or Chapter Plays, so popular with the week-end Matinee crowds back then. These film-types filled up our Saturday afternoons (and evenings) with exciting adventure, curious wonder, spine-tingling horror, and non-stop action. Often filmed on a shoe-string budget, and in a limited time-frame, many of these "classics" came to be looked upon by many fans as being so truly bad, that they were good, (in a bad sort of way) ! They are thus categorized, reviewed and discussed, for the most part, in a lovingly personal style, especially when compared to the film types we are subjected to in today's market. They had their place in film history, and that time is long since gone. But, for some of us, they have never been equaled, which, for others, may indeed be a good thing.

B Movie Trivia Quiz

Author : Walter Haan
Publisher : Southfarm Press, Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9780913337066
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book B Movie Trivia Quiz written by Walter Haan and published by Southfarm Press, Publisher. This book was released on 1986-02 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies

Author : Richard B. McKenzie
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387770011
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Book Synopsis Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies by : Richard B. McKenzie

Download or read book Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies written by Richard B. McKenzie and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining book seeks to unravel an array of pricing puzzles from the one captured in the book’s title to why so many prices end with "9" (as in $2.99 or $179). Along the way, the author explains how the 9/11 terrorists have, through the effects of their heinous acts on the relative prices of various modes of travel, killed more Americans since 9/11 than they killed that fateful day. He also explains how well-meaning efforts to spur the use of alternative, supposedly environmentally friendly fuels have starved millions of people around the world and given rise to the deforestation of rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia.

B-Movie Bombshells Paper Dolls

Author : Gregg Nystrom
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486496287
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book B-Movie Bombshells Paper Dolls written by Gregg Nystrom and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen shapely dolls, each with an authentic costume from a 1950s B-movie, include Anita Ekberg, Janet Leigh, Mamie Van Doren, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jayne Mansfield, Rhonda Fleming, Debra Paget, and others.

Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes

Author : Tom Weaver
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786407552
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people who directed, produced, and starred in the scary and fantastic movies of the genre heyday over thirty years ago created memorable experiences as well as memorable movies. This McFarland Classic brings together over fifty interviews with the directors, producers, actors, and make-up artists of science fiction and horror films of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. From B movies to classics, Samuel Z. Arkoff to Acquanetta, these veteran vampire baits, swamp monsters, and flying saucers attackees share their memories. This classic volume represents the union of two previous volumes: Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers ("more fun than the lovably cheap movies that inspired it"--Booklist/RBB); and Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes ("candid...a must" --ARBA). Together at last, this combined collection of interviews offers a candid and delightful perspective on the movies that still make audiences squeal with fear, and occasionally, howl with laughter.

Adventures in the B Movie Trade

Author : Brian Trenchard-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Adventures in the B Movie Trade written by Brian Trenchard-Smith and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Drive-in Dream Girls

Author : Tom Lisanti
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786493429
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Drive-in Dream Girls written by Tom Lisanti and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1960s, a bushel of B-movies were produced and aimed at the predominantly teenage drive-in movie audience. At first teens couldn't get enough of the bikini-clad beauties dancing on the beach or being wooed by Elvis Presley, but by 1966 young audiences became more interested in the mini-skirted, go-go boot wearing, independent-minded gals of spy spoofs, hot rod movies and biker flicks. Profiled herein are fifty sexy, young actresses that teenage girls envied and teenage boys desired including Quinn O'Hara, Melody Patterson, Hilarie Thompson, Donna Loren, Pat Priest, Meredith MacRae, Arlene Martel, Cynthia Pepper, and Beverly Washburn. Some like Sue Ane Langdon, Juliet Prowse, Marlyn Mason, and Carole Wells, appeared in major studio productions while others, such as Regina Carrol, Susan Hart, Angelique Pettyjohn and Suzie Kaye were relegated to drive-in movies only. Each biography contains a complete filmography. Some also include the actresses' candid comments and anecdotes about their films, the people they worked with, and their feelings about acting. A list of web sites that provide further information is also included.

HOLLYWOOD 'B' MOVIES: A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills

Author : John Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411650654
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book HOLLYWOOD 'B' MOVIES: A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills written by John Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the mid-1930s, cinema patrons insisted on value-for-money. Double feature programs became mandatory at all neighborhood cinemas. Usually the "A" feature film figured as the main attraction, and the supporting movie, the "B." Sometimes that role was reversed. On many occasions picturegoers felt the unheralded "B" movie had actually proved more entertaining than the widely advertised "A" attraction. More than two hundred of these wonderful "B" film classics from Hollywood's golden age are described, reviewed and detailed in this book. It's a must-have for all film addicts, movie fans and nostalgia connoisseurs.

Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses

Author : Chris Nashawaty
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613129815
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses written by Chris Nashawaty and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-12-16 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Delightful . . . an engrossing oral history . . . As an enthusiastic ode to colorful, seat-of-your-pants filmmaking, this one’s hard to beat.” —Booklist (starred review) “Fantastic—a treasure.” —Stephen King Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses is an outrageously rollicking account of the life and career of Roger Corman—one of the most prolific and successful independent producers, directors, and writers of all time, and self-proclaimed king of the B movie. As told by Corman himself and graduates of “The Corman Film School,” including Peter Bogdanovich, James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, and Martin Scorsese, this comprehensive oral history takes readers behind the scenes of more than six decades of American cinema, as now-legendary directors and actors candidly unspool recollections of working with Corman, continually one-upping one another with tales of the years before their big breaks. Crab Monsters is supplemented with dozens of full-color reproductions of classic Corman movie posters; behind-the-scenes photographs and ephemera (many taken from Corman’s personal archive); and critical essays on Corman’s most daring films—including The Intruder, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Big Doll House—that make the case for Corman as an artist like no other. “This new coffee table book, brimming with outrageous stills from many of Corman’s hundreds of films, looks at the wild career of the starmaker who was largely responsible for so much of the Hollywood we know today.” —New York Post “Vividly illustrated.” —People “It includes in-depth aesthetic appreciations of ten of Corman’s movies, which, taken together, make a compelling case for Corman as an artist.” —Hollywood.com “Outrageously entertaining.” —Parade “Endlessly fascinating.” —PopMatters

Neon Trash

Author : M. P. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692783122
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Neon Trash written by M. P. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and B-movie extra MP Johnson leads a raucous tour through some of the lesser-known gems of the '80s low budget movie boom. Get the skinny on flicks like: Neon Meltoids! Abominatrix! Rollerblade Zombies! Werewolf Beach Party! Evil Blood Night! And many more that you might have missed the first time around! Also featuring interviews with some of the wildest actors, producers and directors of all time. Roll up your sleeves, because it's time to take out the Neon Trash!

CinemaTexas Notes

Author : Louis Black
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477315446
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book CinemaTexas Notes written by Louis Black and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austin’s thriving film culture, renowned for international events such as SXSW and the Austin Film Festival, extends back to the early 1970s when students in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin ran a film programming unit that screened movies for students and the public. Dubbed CinemaTexas, the program offered viewers a wide variety of films—old and new, mainstream, classic, and cult—at a time when finding and watching films after their first run was very difficult and prohibitively expensive. For each film, RTF graduate students wrote program notes that included production details, a sampling of critical reactions, and an original essay that placed the film and its director within context and explained the movie’s historical significance. Over time, CinemaTexas Program Notes became more ambitious and were distributed around the world, including to luminaries such as film critic Pauline Kael. This anthology gathers a sampling of CinemaTexas Program Notes, organized into four sections: “USA Film History,” “Hollywood Auteurs,” “Cinema-Fist: Renegade Talents,” and “America’s Shadow Cinema.” Many of the note writers have become prominent film studies scholars, as well as leading figures in the film, TV, music, and video game industries. As a collection, CinemaTexas Notes strongly contradicts the notion of an effortlessly formed American film canon, showing instead how local film cultures—whether in Austin, New York, or Europe—have forwarded the development of film studies as a discipline.