Incredibly Strange Films (RE/Search, 10) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1889307114 ISBN 13: 9781889307114

Publisher: Re/Search Publications, 2017

Synopsis

Guide to B-Movies and independent filmmakers, with interviews, essays, film lists and lots of pictures.

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About the Author

V. Vale is a popular-cultural investigator as recognized by The New York Times, NPR and other major dispersers of culture and "the news." He has been self-publishing for over 30 years and now is a talk-show host on The Counter Culture Hour in San Francisco. Jim Morton has been watching and writing about cinema and other popular culture subjects since 1980. His periodical "Pop Void" was gathered into the book, Pop Void: A Journal of Popular Culture in 1988. He is an international traveler in the field of marketing and print publishing.

From the Back Cover

Incredibly Strange Films is a functional guide to important territory neglected by the film-criticism establishment, spotlighting unhailed directors — Hershell Gordon Lewis, Russ Meyer, Larry Cohen, Ray Dennis Steckler, Ted V. Mikels and others — who have been critically consigned to the ghettos of gore and sexploitation films. In-depth interviews focus on philosophy while anecdotes entertain as well as illuminate theory. The guide includes biographies, genre overviews, filmographies, bibliography, quotations, an A–Z of film personalities, lists of recommended films, sources, index, as well as 172 photos.

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Young Playthings is an obscure masterpiece relegated by its softcore format to late-night viewing on cable TV's "Escapade" or the "Playboy" channel. Ironically deceptive, the titillating title lures the audience with the prospect of a libidinous romp. But this uniques sex film penetrates other realms. Seducing the mind as well as the senses, it conforms externally, yet transcends the limitations of its genre. Flesh fondling is not the supreme concern. Rather, sexual experimentation is presented as healthy and indispensable to the underlying goal, which is the rejection of conformist morès, and liberation from socially conditioned sexual attitudes. (from essay by Colette Coleman) -- Colette Coleman

Edition details

• Publisher: Re/Search Publications
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1889307114
• ISBN 13: 9781889307114
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Vale V.