Ernest Mathijs: 100 Cult Films, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

An accessible and up to date guide to one hundred of World Cinema's most interesting and influential cult movies. Covering a diverse range of genres and films from 1920 to the present day, this lavishly illustrated volume includes entries on films ranging from 'This is Spinal Tap' to 'Donnie Darko'.

Beschreibung

An accessible and up to date guide to one hundred of World Cinema's most interesting and influential cult movies, covering a diverse range of genres and films from 1920 to present day

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
List of 100 Cult Movies
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari GER 1920 Wiene
Haxan SWE 1922 Christensen
Un chien andalou FRA 1928 Bunuel
Freaks US 1932 Browning
Bride of Frankenstein US 1935 Whale
Reefer Madness US 1936 Gasnier
The Wizard of Oz US 1939 Fleming
Casablanca US 1942 Curtiz
I Walked with a Zombie US 1942 Tourneur
It's a Wonderful Life US 1946 Capra
La belle et la bete FRA 1946 Cocteau
Godzilla JAP 1954 Honda
Invasion of the Body Snatchers US 1956 Siegel
Attack of the Crab Monsters US 1957 Corman
Plan Nine From Outer Space US 1959 Wood
Flaming Creatures US 1963 Smith
2000 Maniacs US 1964 Lewis
The Sound of Music US 1965 Wise
Django ITA 1966 Corbucci
Manos, the Hands of Fate US 1966 Warren
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill US 1966 Meyer
Night of the Living Dead US 1968 Romero
Danger Diabolik ITA 1968 Bava
Witchfinder General UK 1968 Reeves
Invocation of my Demon Brother US 1969 Anger
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls US 1969 Meyer
Skidoo US 1969 Preminger
2001, A Space Odyssey US 1969 Kubrick
El Topo MEX 1970 Jodorowsky
Harold and Maude US 1971 Ashby
Daughters of Darkness BEL 1971 Kumel
Don't Torture a Duckling ITA 1971 Fulci
Vampyros Lesbos SPA 1971 Franco
Two-Lane Blacktop US 1972 Hellman
Pink Flamingos US 1972 Waters
Holy Mountain MEX 1972 Jodorowsky
Emmanuelle FRA 1973 Jaeckin
Coffy US 1973 Hill
Behind the Green Door US 1973 Mitchell Bros
The Harder They Come JAM 1973 Henzell
Enter the Dragon HK 1973 Clouse
Deadly Weapons US 1974 Wishman
Profondo Rosso ITA 1974 Argento
Caged Heat US 1974 Demme
Monty Python and the Holy Grail UK 1974 Gilliam / Jones
Thriller: en grym film SWE 1974 Vibenius
Texas Chainsaw Massacre US 1974 Hooper
Thundercrack US 1975 McDowell
Salo ITA 1975 Pasolini
The Rocky Horror Picture Show US 1975 Sharman
Welcome Home Brother Charles US 1975 Fanaka
The Beast FRA 1975 Borowczyk
Blue Sunshine US 1976 Lieberman
Suspiria ITA 1977 Argento
Star Wars US 1977 Lucas
Eraserhead US 1978 Lynch
Cannibal Holocaust ITA 1979 Deodato
The Brood CAN 1979 Cronenberg
Dawn of the Dead US 1979 Romero
The Warriors US 1980 Hill
Angel of Vengeance US 1981 Ferrara
The Gods Must be Crazy BOTS 1981 Uys
Blade Runner US 1982 Scott
Liquid Sky US 1982 Tsukerman
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior AUS 1982 Miller
Evil Dead US 1982 Raimi
Videodrome CAN 1983 Cronenberg
Café Flesh US 1983 Dream
Born in Flames US 1983 Borden
This is Spinal Tap US 1984 Reiner
Brazil US 1985 Gilliam
Repo Man US 1985 Cox
Toxic Avenger US 1985 Herz / Kaufman
Re-Animator US 1985 Gordon
Dirty Dancing US 1987 Ardolino
Hellraiser UK 1987 Barker
Bad Taste NZL 1987 Jackson
Withnail and I UK 1987 Robinson
Superstar US 1987 Haynes
Akira JAP 1988 Otomo
The Vanishing NL 1988 Sluizer
Lady Terminator INDO 1988 Djalil
Nekromantik GER 1989 Buttgereit
Tetsuo JAP 1989 Tsukamoto
The Killer HK 1989 Woo
Blue Steel US 1990 Bigelow
Troll 2 ITA 1990 Fragasso
Edward Scissorhands US 1991 Burton
Begotten US 1992 Merhige
Man Bites Dog BEL 1992 Belvaux / Bonzel / Poel.
Showgirls US 1995 Verhoeven
Tank Girl US 1995 Talalay
The Big Lebowski US 1998 Coen Brothers
Ringu JAP 1999 Nakata
Ginger Snaps CAN 2000 Fawcett
Baise-moi FRA 2000 Despentes / Tri-Minh
Donnie Darko US 2001 Kelly
The Lord of the Rings US 2001-03 Jackson
Ichi the Killer JAP 2002 Miike
The Audience Decides!!
References
Further Reading
Index

Klappentext

Some films should never have been made. They are too unsettling, too dangerous, too challenging, too outrageous and even too badly made to be let loose on unsuspecting audiences.

Yet these films, from the shocking Cannibal Holocaust to the apocalyptic Donnie Darko, from the destructive Tetsuo to the awfully bad The Room, from the hilarious This Is Spinal Tap to the campy Showgirls, from the asylum of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari to the circus of Freaks, from the gangs of The Warriors to the gangsters of In Bruges and from the flamboyant Rocky Horror Picture Show to the ultimate cool of The Big Lebowski, have all garnered passionate fan followings.

Cult cinema has made tragic misfits, monsters and cyborgs, such as Edward Scissorhands or Blade Runner's replicants, heroes of our times. 100 Cult Films explains why these figures continue to inspire fans around the globe. Cult film experts Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik round up the most cultish of giallo, blaxploitation, anime, sexploitation, zombie, vampire and werewolf films, exploring both the cults that live hidden inside the underground (Nekromantik, Café Flesh) and the cult side of the mainstream (Dirty Dancing, The Lord of the Rings, and even The Sound of Music).

100 Cult Films is a true trip around the world, providing a lively and illuminating guide to films from more than a dozen countries, across nine decades, representing a wide range of genres and key cult directors such as David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch.

Drawing on exclusive interviews with some of the world's most iconic cult creators and performers, including Dario Argento, Pupi Avati, Alex Cox, Ruggero Deodato, Jesús Franco, Lloyd Kaufman, Harry Kümel, H. G. Lewis, Christina Lindberg, Takashi Miike, Franco Nero, George A. Romero and Brian Yuzna, and featuring a foreword by cult director Joe Dante, 100 Cult Films is your ultimate ticket to the midnight movie show.