The Cult Film Experience: Beyond All Reason

Book Overview

"Play it again, Sam" is the motto of cult film enthusiasts, who will watch their favorite movie over and over, "beyond all reason." What is the appeal of cult movies? Why do fans turn up in droves at midnight movies or sit through the same three-hanky classics from Hollywood's golden era? These are some of the questions J. P. Telotte and twelve other noted film scholars consider in this groundbreaking study of the cult film.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292711441
• ISBN13: 9780292711440
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"