Description
This fascinating book examines badfilms; a subcategory of 'bad cinema' marked by incompetence, and typically exacerbated by material poverty and restrictive production conditions. It develops a framework through which the formal characteristics of failure are identified and analysed, and identifies intentionality as central to how badfilms are appreciated and valued as cult texts. Drawing on debates about cult cinema and film form, the book includes a series of case studies of classic 'so bad they're good' films, like Plan 9 From Outer Space, Robot Monster and The Beast of Yucca Flats, investigating the impact of failures in post-production sound, recycled footage, performance and editing in American badfilms from the 1950s and 1960s. In doing so, it offers ways to consider how we identify and respond to failure, and how failure itself works.
About the Author
Becky Bartlett, Associate Lecturer in Film Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9781474450423
Author Becky Bartlett
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Series Traditions in American Cinema
About the Author
Becky Bartlett, Associate Lecturer in Film Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9781474450423
Author Becky Bartlett
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Series Traditions in American Cinema
Details
Subtitle: |
Incompetence, Intention and Failure |
Series: |
Traditions in American Cinema |
Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press |
