{"product_id":"the-cult-film-experience-beyond-all-reason-9780292711440","title":"The Cult Film Experience: Beyond All Reason","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book identifies two basic types of cult films--older Hollywood movies, such as \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e, that have developed a cult following and \"midnight movies,\" most notably \u003ci\u003eThe Rocky Horror Picture Show\u003c\/i\u003e. Telotte, Bruce Kawin, and Timothy Corrigan offer thought-provoking discussions about why these two types of movies become cult films, the sort of audience they attract, and the needs they fulfill for that audience. Subsequent essays employ a variety of cultural, feminist, ideological, and poststructural strategies for exploring these films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a section on the classical cult film, the movie \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e receives extensive treatment. An essay by T. J. Ross considers \u003ci\u003eBeat the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e as a send-up of cult films, while another essay by Wade Jennings analyzes the cult star phenomenon as personified in Judy Garland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Midnight movie madness\" is explored in essays on \u003ci\u003eThe Rocky Horror Picture Show\u003c\/i\u003e, movie satires of the 1950s, science fiction double features, and horror thrillers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with scenes from favorite movies and written for both fans and scholars, \u003ci\u003eThe Cult Film Experience\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to a wider audience than the \"usual suspects.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. P. Telotte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.05w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292711440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelotte, J. P.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - J. P. Telotte is Professor of Literature, Communications, and Culture at Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39949004472435,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ff705827-68f0-4283-98f3-aa6165ae271d.jpg?v=1648475010","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-cult-film-experience-beyond-all-reason-9780292711440","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}