Badfilm : incompetence, intention and failure / Becky Bartlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartlett, Becky, Dr, author.

Series:

Traditions in American cinema.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Traditions in American cinema

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cult films--United States--History and criticism.

Cult films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This volume 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.

Contents:

Intro

BADFILM

Copyright

CONTENTS

Figures

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Bad Films and Badfilms

2. Investigating Intentions in Badfilms

3. The Disruptive Effects of Bad Voices

4. Recycled Footage, Plagiarism and Bad Art

5. Bad Acting and the Cultification of Bad Actors

6. The Potential Pleasures of Bad Editing

7. Conclusion: Taking Badfilms Seriously

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 10, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-5045-8

1-3995-0905-5

1-4744-5044-X

OCLC:

1280277158