| The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low-Budget Beauties, Genre-Bending Mavericks, and Cult Classics We Love Contributor(s): Sterritt, David (Editor), Anderson, John C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306815664 ISBN-13: 9780306815669 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2008 Annotation: The choicest noir, neo-noir, science fiction, horror, westerns, midnight movies, and more--from critics like David Ansen, Jami Bernard, Roger Ebert, Carrie Rickey, Richard Schickel, and Kenneth Turan. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - Guides & Reviews |
| Dewey: 791.437 |
| LCCN: 2008011055 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What kind of collection could possibly find common ground among The Son of Kong, Platoon, and Pink Flamingos? What kind of fevered minds could conceive of such a list? What are the unheard-of qualities that tie them all together? BR> The answers: This book. The National Society of Film Critics. And the far-reaching enticements of the B movie itself. BR> Once the B movie was the Hollywood stepchild, the underbelly of the double feature. Today it is a more inclusive category, embracing films that fall outside the mainstream by dint of their budgets, their visions, their grit, and occasionally -- sometimes essentially -- their lack of what the culture cops call good taste. BR> The films in The B List are offbeat, unpredictable, and decidedly idiosyncratic. And that's why we love them. |