Filmmaking on the Fringe: The Good, the Bad and the Deviant Directors [Paperback]

Maitland McDonagh (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Citadel Pr (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806515570
• ISBN-13: 978-0806515571
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,193,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in New York City, Maitland McDonagh misspent her youth prowling Times Square grind houses in search of horror, exploitation and mondo movies, and has been writing about them ever since. She has appeared in documentaries ranging from Sky Television's "Illuminations" series (2000) to "100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004). As the senior movies editor of TVGuide.com, a position she held for 13 years, reviewed hundreds of new releases every year and contributed weekly columns to both the online and print magazines.

Maitland earned an MFA in Film History/Theory/Criticism from Columbia University, has taught film at the City University of New York and is the author of Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento (1990, Sun Tavern Fields), Filmmaking on the Fringe: The Good, the Bad and the Deviant Directors (1995, Citadel Press), The 50 Most Erotic Films of All Time and Movie Lust: Recommended Viewing for Every Mood, Moment and Reason (Sasquatch Books). She has contributed essays to Zombie (Stray Cat Publishing, 1999), The Time Out Book of New York Walks (Penguin, 2000), Fantasy Females (Stray Cat Publishing, 2001) and The Last Great American Picture Show: New Hollywood 1967-1976 (Amsterdam University Press, 2004), I Love TV () and Exile Cinema (). She has written for dozens of publications in the United States and Europe, ranging from Film Comment and Dance Now to Fangoria.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars And excellent follow-up, July 31, 1998

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This review is from: Filmmaking on the Fringe: The Good, the Bad and the Deviant Directors (Paperback)

First came Re-Search's "Incredibly Strange Films". Then came this. It's an excellent book in it's own right, with interviews and overviews of cult movie directors. And it DOES continue where the first book left off, updating and presenting newer directors as well. A must-have for all genre movie enthusiasts!!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Informative and the last word on the subject., October 17, 2000

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This review is from: Filmmaking on the Fringe: The Good, the Bad and the Deviant Directors (Paperback)

A book with interviews with american exploitation directors who worked during the 70's, 80's and 90's like Jim Wynorski, Fred Olen Ray, Paul Bartel, Sean Cunningham, Sam Raimi and Wes Craven. This book was written before the Scream trilogy so Craven isn't treated with that much respect, they claim that Sean Cunningham (Friday the 13th) have been more successful! Interesting look into the lowbudget direct-to-video business in the 80's. Some directors don't exactly seems to be proud over their work. Guess it must be hard for fans of a movie to hear that the director just did it for the money and that he himself unliked the film. I'm not exactly the biggest fan of these directors and their films so I guess those who are will find this book much better than me. But it's informative and the information about their work comes directly from the filmmakers themselves so I'll guess this book is the best source you can get on the subject.