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The Rough Guide to Cult Movies offers a blend of essential trivia and informed opinion as it takes you on a tour of the most compellingly weird – and weirdly compelling – films in the world. Whether you’re a paid-up member of The Big Lebowski fan club or just looking for a night in with an interesting DVD, The Rough Guide to Cult Movies is the ultimate guide to the world’s most memorable films. The Rough Guide to Cult Movies selects cinema’s most compelling triumphs: films that are brilliant, intriguing or just plain bizarre; from action flicks to zombie films, by way of nuns, yakuza, musicals and mutations. You’ll find expert, pithy reviews of over 1500 movies, with forgotten legends like Charlie Chan and the Opera or contemporary classics like There Will Be Blood, plus filmmakers’ picks of their favourite cult movies, in their own words.There are good movies and there are bad movies and then there are cult movies.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 448 ● ISBN 9781848367623 ● Publisher Apa Publications ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2736879 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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