Exploitation Cinema

boo boo · 01-13-2010, 07:28 AM

The Evil Dead trilogy is pure class. Great stuff.

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I can't believe that this thread has no replies but then again I guess it is expected.

If I can use a musical analogy- most people expect their music tied up in tiny bundles just like their music but some films are made in a short space of time akin to an album and have their own fair share of dud notes, missed cues and rushed productions but because we are usually fed with efficient productions, anything that doesn't meet these criterias are open to ridicule which makes me angry.

Now and again we dig a Punk album that was recorded in a garage with no budget and no expertise behind it but we still dig it. In cinematic terms it seems not to be liked as much, yet there is just as much talent to be viewed that is dismissed because of an idealistic view of what a film is supposed to look like that talent and endeavour are dismissed.

Many films are indeed awful and just because they ascribe to B movie asthetics doesn't mean that they are automatically awful but when you have no money and have made a film that has taken many years to produce it shouldn't mean that it is not valid despite it's flaws.

This is not an encapsulation of Exploitation movies at all but certainly a view I have that I look for in movie making as much as music making.

I certainly do think that there is a snobbery in film viewing that is hypocritical when apposed against listening habits.

If a piece of media is crap then it is crap, that's a given (regarding an opinion) but I do think that most on here are very narrow minded when it comes to films or the process behind them. They(B Movies) seem much more of an easy target for criticism unfortunately.

You know what? You're right.

It's hip to like the trashiest, most unsophisticated music imaginable.

But it's not the same with movies. If you love horror films, cheesy 80s action films, spagetti westerns, 50s sci fi B movies, kung fu films, giant monster movies and exploitation films, then you're looked down upon by the almighty film snobs. The only kind of DIY movies a lot of film critics appreciate is pretentious arthouse bullf*ck about gay cowboys eating pudding or something.

And yes I stole that joke from South Park.

It's not that I hate art films, some filmmakers I adore, like Lynch, fall into that category, but his films are still entertaining so maybe he doesn't count. I'm not saying cinema can't be art, sure it can, but it's not the reason I became a movie fan. And it's weird, people hold it against musicians who don't have "fun" doing what they do, why is it the opposite for cinema? Why is escapist entertainment reviled so much? Especially during a time when we really need it.