Midnight Movies
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| :'''''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''''', "the [[cult film]] par excellence," which ran continuously at the same Paris movie house from [[1920]] through [[1927]]. --''[[Midnight Movies]]'' (1983). page 23. | :'''''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''''', "the [[cult film]] par excellence," which ran continuously at the same Paris movie house from [[1920]] through [[1927]]. --''[[Midnight Movies]]'' (1983). page 23. | ||
| - | The term '''midnight movie''' is rooted in the practice that emerged in the 1950s of local television stations around the United States airing low-budget genre films as late-night programming, often with a host delivering ironic asides. As a cinematic phenomenon, the midnight screening of offbeat movies began in the early 1970s in a few urban centers, particularly New York City, eventually spreading across the country. The screening of nonmainstream pictures at midnight was aimed at building a [[cult film]] audience, encouraging repeat viewing and social interaction in what was originally a [[counterculture|countercultural]] setting. The national success of ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' and the changing economics of the film exhibition industry altered the nature of the midnight movie phenomenon; as its association with broader trends of cultural and political opposition dwindled in the 1980s, the midnight movie became a more purely [[camp (style)|camp]] experience—in effect, bringing it closer to the television form that shares its name. The term ''midnight movie'' is now often used in two different, though related, ways: as a synonym for ''[[B movie]]'', reflecting the relative cheapness characteristic of late-night movies both theatrically and on TV, and as a synonym for ''cult film''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | ==Sources== |
| + | *Hoberman, J., and Jonathan Rosenbaum (1983). ''[[Midnight Movies]]'' (New York: Da Capo Press). ISBN 0-306-80433-6 | ||
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- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, "the cult film par excellence," which ran continuously at the same Paris movie house from 1920 through 1927. --Midnight Movies (1983). page 23.
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- Hoberman, J., and Jonathan Rosenbaum (1983). Midnight Movies (New York: Da Capo Press). ISBN 0-306-80433-6
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