Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

A documentary about the 1970’s cult phenomenon “midnight movies” that focuses upon six landmarks works: Night of the Living Dead, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eraserhead, El topo, The Harder They Come and Pink Flamingos. Directors George A. Romero, David Lynch, Richard O’Brien, Perry Henzell, John Waters and Alejandro Jodorowsky describe the production conditions and inspiration of their works. Producers, writers, actors and film critics such as Jonathan Rosenbaum and Roger Ebert comment on the history of these low-budget productions that pushed the boundaries of so-called “mainstream cinema.” Exhibitors, distributors and members of the audience also contribute to a better knowledge of an influential way of reinventing cinema.