Badfilm : Incompetence, Intention and Failure (Traditions in American Cinema)

Bartlett, Becky

Edinburgh University Press（2021/09発売）

Edinburgh University Press（2021/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 200 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474450423
• DDC分類 791.43

Full 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.

Contents

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Bad Films and Badfilms

The Importance of Intention
The Disruptive Effects of Bad Voices
Recycled Footage, Plagiarism and Bad Art
Bad Acting and the Cultification of Bad Actors
The Potential Pleasures of Bad Editing

Conclusion: Taking Badfilms SeriouslyBibliography