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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Documentary, Horror - 2006
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
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7.3
90%
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From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
Director:
,
Stuart Samuels
Cast:
,
John Waters
,
Richard O'Brien
,
George A. Romero
,
Perry Henzell
,
Alejandro Jodorowsky
,
Ben Barenholtz
,
Alan Douglas

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Rated:
TV-14
Runtime:
87 min
Release date:
20 Jun 2006
Country:
CA
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
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Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Samuels' 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.
– Robert Koehler,
Variety,
26 Feb 2008
fresh:
It's a celebration of cinema-going as a 'ritual experience or trip', a communal adventure with no real equivalent in the exquisitely atomised YouTubeverse.
– Ben Walters,
Time Out,
23 Mar 2007
fresh:
In this affectionate glimpse into those countercultural times, filmmaker Stuart Samuels has compiled an engaging distillation of those nocturnal filmic emissions.
– Duane Byrge,
Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jun 2006
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