Jun 20, 2006
87 min
Full-HD

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006)

From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.

Category

Documentary

Country

Canada

Companies

Stuart Samuels Productions

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Self

George A. Romero

Self

Perry Henzell

Self

John Waters

Self

Richard O'Brien

Self

David Lynch

Self

Ben Barenholtz

Self

Alan Douglas

Self

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