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It Came from the 80s!
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It Came from the 80s! : Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 1476666040
ISBN-13 9781476666044
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Aug 26th, 2016
Print length 300 Pages
Weight 562 grams
Dimensions 18.00 x 29.10 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification: Films, cinema
Ksh 6,650.00
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The emergence of home video in the 1980s marked the beginning of an era, as dozens of B movies were produced each year for the small screen, many becoming cult classics. Through numerous interviews with producers, directors, photographers and actors, this book sheds light on an overlooked corner of film history with behind-the-scenes stories of 28 low-budget favourites from the ’80s.

From their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, B movies declined in popularity through the 1970s. As the big Hollywood studios began to make genre films with sky-high budgets, independent producers of low-budget movies could not compete in theaters. The sale of American International Pictures in 1979 and New World Pictures in 1983 marked the end of an era.

The emergence of home video in the 1980s marked the beginning of a new phase, as dozens of B movies were produced each year for the small screen, many becoming cult classics of science fiction, horror and fantasy. Through numerous interviews with producers, directors, photographers and actors, this book sheds light on an overlooked corner of film history with behind-the-scenes stories of 28 low-budget favorites from the 1980s.


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