Withnail and us cult films and film cults in British cinema

Smith, Justin 1980- (Author).

Summary: Cult has entered the cultural psyche in a profound and pervasive way. There is no corner of popular culture beyond the potential for cult transformation. Indeed, in entering common parlance the term has effectively lost its clandestine mystique. But why? And how did we get here with cult? "Withnail and Us" charts the journey of cult in culture through an exploration of British cult films and their fans. It is about our bizarre and enduring fascination with once obscure or shocking movies, from "A Clockwork Orange" to "The Wicker Man". What is it about certain film.

Record details

ISBN: 9781441676993 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1441676996 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780857717931 (electronic bk. - ebrary)
ISBN: 0857717936 (electronic bk. - ebrary)
ISBN: 9781848850927
ISBN: 1848850921
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiv, 256 p.) : ill.
Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- The Rocky horror picture show (1975) -- Performance (1970); Case study 1: Get Carter -- A clockwork orange (1971) -- The wicker man (1973); Case study 2: Monty Python and the holy grail (1975) -- Tommy (1975) -- The man who fell to earth (1976); Case study 3: Quadrophenia (1979) -- Withnail & I (1986); Case study 3: Trainspotting (1996) -- Conclusion.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.