Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
{{Infobox film
| name = Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
| image = Midnight Movies- From the Margin to the Mainstream FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Stuart Samuels
| producer =
| writer = Stuart Samuels
Victor Kushmaniuk
| narrator =
| starring =John Waters
David Lynch[https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2007/03/19/midnight_movies_2007_review.shtml BBC review]
| music =
| cinematography = Richard Fox
| editing =
| studio = MPix Original
Movie Central HD Original Programming[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182796892 WorldCat.org]
| distributor = Starz Encore Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2005|05|13|df=y}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = Canada
United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream is a 2005 documentary film written and directed by Stuart Samuels, based on his book on the subject.[https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/31285/midnight-movies-from-the-margin-to-the-mainstream/ DVD Talk]
Summary
The film chronicles the period between 1970 and 1977 in which six low-budget films shown at midnight transformed the way films are made and watched:[https://www.viennale.at/en/films/midnight-movies-margin-mainstream Viennale] 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).[https://www.timeout.com/london/film/midnight-movies-from-the-margin-to-the-mainstream Time Out London review]
Also portrayed in the film are the films Freaks (1932) and Reefer Madness (1936), which gained notoriety and a huge cult following thanks to midnight showings. Providing interviews are filmmakers George A. Romero, Alejandro Jodorowsky, John Waters, Perry Henzell, David Lynch, and Richard O'Brien, as well as film critics Roger Ebert, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and J. Hoberman and Ben Barenholtz.
Release
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregate score of 91% based on 10 positive and 1 negative critic reviews.{{Cite web |title=Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/midnight-movies-from-the-margin-to-the-mainstream |access-date=September 6, 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}
See also
- American Grindhouse-2010 documentary similar in content
- Art film
- Cult film
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0457414|title=Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream}}
- [https://mubi.com/films/midnight-movies-from-the-margin-to-the-mainstream MUBI]
- [https://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Midnight_Movies:_From_the_Margin_To_The_Mainstream Grindhouse Cinema Database]
Category:Documentary films about the cinema of the United States
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:American documentary films
Category:Canadian documentary films
Category:2005 documentary films
Category:2000s English-language films