- Taschenbuch: 189 Seiten
- Verlag: Headpr (31. Dezember 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1900486237
- ISBN-13: 978-1900486231
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,7 x 17,4 x 1,2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 794.157 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Study of the phenomenon of B-movies.
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Most books about B-movies are straight-forward genre guides, biographies or encyclopaedias. Not this one. In addition to meticulously researched chapters on film showmen, gimmicks and cult films, Land Of A Thousand Balconies documents author Jack Stevenson's first-hand exploration of a different realm of low-budget cinema - closer to what could loosely be termed 'underground'. Amongst these explorations are film-related incidents and episodes, character-studies and reports of unusual film happenings, all of which the author has - over the past fifteen years - been privy or party to in his various capacities as show organiser, tour arranger, festival jury member and 16mm projectionist-for-hire in both Europe and the US. Elsewhere Stevenson focuses on movie theatres and renegade exhibition spaces, as well as lamenting on the disappearing 'sense of place' and atmosphere that is such an integral part of the moviegoing experience. Here the reader is invited to tour a diversity of venues - from the notorious old grindhouses of San Francisco's Market Street, through the home-made store-front cinemas of Seattle and New York, to the underground film clubs of Europe.
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In the fifties and sixties, Los Angeles' sprawling Griffith Park was a virtual haunt of supernatural menace as zombies, perverts and space monsters in exaggerated make-up and baggy costumes staggered after screaming B-queens in torn skirts and heels. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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In the fifties and sixties, Los Angeles' sprawling Griffith Park was a virtual haunt of supernatural menace as zombies, perverts and space monsters in exaggerated make-up and baggy costumes staggered after screaming B-queens in torn skirts and heels. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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A Personal B-Movie Memoir Complete With One-Armed Garden Gnome
23. Juni 2006
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Jack Stevenson has devoted a good part of his life to the pursuit of eccentric screen oddities, and this book is a very personal look at his journey. Most books on the subject are general guides to the genre and read like a "top ten list" of the worst movies divided by categories, but this is more of a true B-movie biography. He is candid in talking about the relative obscurity and squalor he has endured for the love of the genre, and his concluding chapter is probably the best piece ever written on the psychology of celluloid collectors.
Stevenson chronicles his life in the underground movie "business" (which is never truly lucrative) from San Francisco to Copenhagen (which has a bustling underground movie fan base, going all the way back to the production of "Reptilicus" in Denmark) and along the way details his contacts with eccentrics, involvement in film "happenings," and most amusingly for me, recounts the film festivals he has been involved with, my favorite of which is his participation on the jury of the First Annual Freak Zone Festival in Lille, France, in which the grand prize was a one-armed garden gnome. Later as a jurist for the No-Budget Film Festival in Hamburg, Germany, he had the opportunity to fling a fish into an enraptured audience as a "Political Act" (his capital letters, not mine.) The decadence of these festivals (a showing of "The Hypnotic Eye" was celebrated by excess consumption of Bloody Marys and pork rinds) is irreverently covered, and gives readers a hint of the mindset required of hardcore B-movie aficionados.
This book is unique in the genre of cinema literature, and I recommend it to true lovers of supremely bad movies everywhere.
Stevenson chronicles his life in the underground movie "business" (which is never truly lucrative) from San Francisco to Copenhagen (which has a bustling underground movie fan base, going all the way back to the production of "Reptilicus" in Denmark) and along the way details his contacts with eccentrics, involvement in film "happenings," and most amusingly for me, recounts the film festivals he has been involved with, my favorite of which is his participation on the jury of the First Annual Freak Zone Festival in Lille, France, in which the grand prize was a one-armed garden gnome. Later as a jurist for the No-Budget Film Festival in Hamburg, Germany, he had the opportunity to fling a fish into an enraptured audience as a "Political Act" (his capital letters, not mine.) The decadence of these festivals (a showing of "The Hypnotic Eye" was celebrated by excess consumption of Bloody Marys and pork rinds) is irreverently covered, and gives readers a hint of the mindset required of hardcore B-movie aficionados.
This book is unique in the genre of cinema literature, and I recommend it to true lovers of supremely bad movies everywhere.
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An excellent history of film collecting.
26. November 2005
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If you go the TLA video in Philadelphia on Spruce Street, you will see a wonderful display of movie schdules from the days when the TLA video chain was an actual theater. On pages 82 and 83 of this book, Jack Stevenson reproduces some of these great schdules from days gone by. Once upon a time you had to actually go to a movie theater to see cool movies. They hardly ever showed up on TV and if they did it was at 3 AM. I've had the pleasure of corresponding with Mr. Stevenson for well on twenty years and I can attest to his love for obscure movies. It shines through in the pages of this book.
Most of the book's chapters are essays on B-movie collecting and presentation. Chapter five, "A Secret History of Cult Movies," may be the best article ever written on the subject. The final chapter, "Confessions of a Film Collector," is the best chapter in the book. Here, Mr. Stevenson shows you the world of fellow film collectors.
It's a shame this book hasn't received the attention it deserves. It may be one of the best ones ever written on film collecting.
Most of the book's chapters are essays on B-movie collecting and presentation. Chapter five, "A Secret History of Cult Movies," may be the best article ever written on the subject. The final chapter, "Confessions of a Film Collector," is the best chapter in the book. Here, Mr. Stevenson shows you the world of fellow film collectors.
It's a shame this book hasn't received the attention it deserves. It may be one of the best ones ever written on film collecting.
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