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J. P. Telotte and twelve other noted film scholars examine the appeal of the cult film in this groundbreaking study.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments.
  • I. Introduction: Mapping the Cult
    • 1. J. P. Telotte. Beyond All Reason: The Nature of the Cult
    • 2. Bruce Kawin. After Midnight
    • 3. Timothy Corrigan. Film and the Culture of the Cult.
  • II. The Classical Cult Film
    • 4. J. P. Telotte. Casablanca and the Larcenous Cult Film
    • 5. Larry Vonalt. Looking Both Ways in Casablanca
    • 6. James Card. Confessions of a Casablanca Cultist: An Enthusiast Meets the Myth and Its Flaws
    • 7. T. J. Ross. The Cult Send-Up: Beat the Devil or Goodbye, Casablanca
    • 8. Wade Jennings. The Star as Cult Icon: Judy Garland.
  • III. The Midnight Movie
    • 9. Allison Graham. Journey to the Center of the Fifties: The Cult of Banality
    • 10. Barry K. Grant. Science Fiction Double Feature: Ideology in the Cult Film
    • 11. Gaylyn Studlar. Midnight S/Excess: Cult Configurations of “Femininity” and the Perverse
    • 12. Robert E. Wood. Don’t Dream It: Performance and The Rocky Horror Picture Show
    • 13. Gregory A. Waller. Midnight Movies, 1980–1985: A Market Study
    • 14. David Lavery. Gnosticism and the Cult Film.
  • A Selective Cult Film Bibliography.
  • Notes on Contributors.
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/1991
      ISBN13: 9780292711440, 978-0292711440
      ISBN10: 0292711441

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      J. P. Telotte and twelve other noted film scholars examine the appeal of the cult film in this groundbreaking study.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments.
      • I. Introduction: Mapping the Cult
        • 1. J. P. Telotte. Beyond All Reason: The Nature of the Cult
        • 2. Bruce Kawin. After Midnight
        • 3. Timothy Corrigan. Film and the Culture of the Cult.
      • II. The Classical Cult Film
        • 4. J. P. Telotte. Casablanca and the Larcenous Cult Film
        • 5. Larry Vonalt. Looking Both Ways in Casablanca
        • 6. James Card. Confessions of a Casablanca Cultist: An Enthusiast Meets the Myth and Its Flaws
        • 7. T. J. Ross. The Cult Send-Up: Beat the Devil or Goodbye, Casablanca
        • 8. Wade Jennings. The Star as Cult Icon: Judy Garland.
      • III. The Midnight Movie
        • 9. Allison Graham. Journey to the Center of the Fifties: The Cult of Banality
        • 10. Barry K. Grant. Science Fiction Double Feature: Ideology in the Cult Film
        • 11. Gaylyn Studlar. Midnight S/Excess: Cult Configurations of “Femininity” and the Perverse
        • 12. Robert E. Wood. Don’t Dream It: Performance and The Rocky Horror Picture Show
        • 13. Gregory A. Waller. Midnight Movies, 1980–1985: A Market Study
        • 14. David Lavery. Gnosticism and the Cult Film.
      • A Selective Cult Film Bibliography.
      • Notes on Contributors.
      • Index

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