Land of a Thousand Balconies: Discoveries and Confessions of a B-movie ArchaeologistHeadpress, 2003 - 189 pagina's Most books about B-movies are straight-forward genre guides, biographies or encyclopaedias. Not this one. In addition to chapters on film showmen, gimmicks and cult films, Land of a Thousand Balconies documents those incidents and unusual film happenings which author Jack Stevenson has -- over the past fifteen years -- been privy to in his various capacities as show organiser, tour arranger, festival jury member and projectionist-for-hire. Land of a Thousand Balconies also focuses on movie theatres and renegade exhibition spaces, lamenting on the disappearing 'sense of place' that is such an integral part of the movie-going experience. Here the reader is invited to tour a diversity of venues -- from the notorious old grindhouses of San Francisco, the home-made store-front cinemas of Seattle and NY, through to the underground film clubs of Europe. Book jacket. |
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Introduction | 5 |
A Million Frightened Teenagers | 21 |
The Jukebox That Ate The Cocktail Lounge | 31 |
A Secret History of Cult Movies | 47 |
The Good The Bad and The Strange | 58 |
Hail The Conquering Thief | 67 |
The Cult Of Technicolor | 73 |
The Nyback Chronicles in Two Parts | 85 |
Trash Aint Garbage | 125 |
Underground FilmMaker Jon Moritsugu | 131 |
This | 135 |
Boston in Two Parts | 137 |
Fear Loathing Good Hash Dirty Laundry In Europe | 149 |
From Russia With Confusion | 155 |
Of Celluloid and Slime | 164 |
Kosmorama Nights | 170 |
Europe In The Raw | 95 |
I An Arthouse | 103 |
The Portable DriveInMovie Electric Acid Test | 111 |
Confessions of a Film Collector | 177 |
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