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Bad Movies We Love Paperback – August 1, 1993
- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPlume
- Publication dateAugust 1, 1993
- Dimensions6 x 1 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100452270057
- ISBN-13978-0452270053
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- John Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- Publisher : Plume; First Edition (August 1, 1993)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0452270057
- ISBN-13 : 978-0452270053
- Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,734,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #17,591 in Performing Arts (Books)
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Stephen Rebello is a screenwriter, journalist, and the author of the best-selling Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho.' The theatrical motion picture HITCHCOCK, based on that book, was released to theaters in 2012 and internationally in early 2013. Mr. Rebello, who has written screenplays for Disney, Paramount, Focus Features and several independent companies, wrote several screenplay drafts. In 2019, he is currently working on new non-fiction book to be published in 2020 by Penguin Random House; a second non-fiction book is also in the works. His non-fiction books include "Reel Art - Great Posters From the Golden Age of the Silver Screen" (largely featuring the poster collection of Richard C. Allen), "Bad Movies We Love" (with Edward Margulies), several books on the making of Disney animated classics. His feature articles and interviews have appeared on the pages and on the covers of such magazines as Playboy, Movieline, Hollywood Life, Statement, GQ, More and Cosmopolitan. His celebrity interviews have drawn out provocative revelations from Joaquin Phoenix, David Fincher, Nicole Kidman, Beyonce, Scarlett Johansson, Jerry Bruckheimer, Benicio Del Toro, Sharon Stone, and James Cameron among others. Born in Massachusetts and a resident of Southern California, he is currently in preparation for a limited series for TV.

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What I really like to do is search for these movies on cable and then record them - setting myself up for a deliciously bad movie night.
This is a great book for the cinema crowd or if you just like to have fun watching over produced bad Hollywood movies from time to time!
I still enjoy my well-worn copy of the Medved's "Fifty Worst Films of All Times," which was hilarious, but included stills, quotes from dialogue, citations from critics, and treatment of various characters and situations. This book has nothing like that content. Each film is given a page or so, and the (accurate) mention of a deficiency is focused more on the actor than the character or plot. In some cases, the most glaring (and amusing) deficiencies are not mentioned.
It is enjoyable enough, but peripheral.
Unlike collections that specialize in bad horror films or bad science fiction films, movies do not generally make this collection because of poor production values. In fact, many of these films were banner releases at one time, starring prominent actors and in some cases even winning academy awards. They have not aged well, however, and their absurd plot twists and over- (or under-) acting make them laughable today.
My only criticism of the collection is that, in their enthusiasm for these lousy films, Margulies and Rebello suggest that they are fun to watch. In my experience with the films in the collection that I have seen myself, this is not the case. They tend to be very boring. The book is fun to read, but skip the films themselves.
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If you love so bad films there great,then this is the book for you. I don't think that Douglas Sirk
should be there. They are badish, but his direction etc brings them up to a new bad but good
film. Yes if you look at the basic story it's crap, but his direction takes it up. Just look at his films
then look at "Far From Heaven" which was a film in his style, but it's falling short by a long way.

