Land of a Thousand Balconies
Discoveries And Confessions Of A B-Movie Archaeologist
Author:
Jack Stevenson
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224
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9781900486231
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Film showmen, gimmicks and cult films.
LAND OF A THOUSAND BALCONIES documents incidents, episodes, character-studies and unusual film happenings, some of which author Jack Stevenson has — over the past fifteen years — been privy to in his capacity as projectionist-for-hire.
Elsewhere, Stevenson focuses on movie theatres and renegade exhibition spaces, as well as lamenting on the disappearing 'sense of place' and atmosphere 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.
Also by Jack Stevenson: Fleshpot
- Weird Christmas movies
- Film gimmicks and 3-D
- Sid Pink and Reptilicus
- A tribute to ham acting
- Guerrilla cinema in San Francisco
- Underground cinema clubs in Europe
- Scopitone - the story of cocktail lounge video jukeboxes
- The evolution of Cult and Camp cinema
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