Am gasit recent cartea aceasta, scrisa sub egida BFI, deci un studiu serios, si ma gandeam sa deschidem o discutie despre filmele de cult: ce reprezinta, ce anume face un film sa fie un film de cult, ce parere aveti despre cele 100 de titluri postate mai sus, ce ati mai include, ce ati exlude, care sunt filmele voatre de cult.
Cateva definitii si cateva idei despre cult films
"A cult film is a movie that attracts a devoted group of followers or obsessive fans, often despite having failed commercially on its initial release. The term also describes films that have remained popular over a long period of time amongst a small group of followers. Although they may only have a short cinema life, cult films often enjoy ongoing popularity through long runs on video, thus being issued in video "runs" with more copies than other movies."
(Wikipedia).
"The cult movie is any film that for reasons unallied to its intrinsic artistic quality has attracted obsessive devotion from a group of fans." (Ronald Bergan)
"A cult film is a movie with a devoted following, but that following is inspired by a number of salient (remarcabil) elements in the film." (100 Cult films)
Pe romaneste, un film de cult e un film care atrage in timp un grup de admiratori, indiferent de calitatile artistice sau succesul comercial la debut.
Ceea ce ii atrage pe fani la aceste filme reprezinta o serie de elemente remarcabile, iesite din comun. Iata cateva dintre aceste elemente sau cuvinte cheie ce caracterizeaza filmele
de cult: "bad taste, camp, cheap, eccentric, extravagant characters and plots, garish sets, offbeat, the expression 'so bad it's good'."(Ronald Bergan)
"transgression, abjection, freakery, utopia, exotica, 'badness', intertextuality, irony, preoccupation with 'little people', controversial depictions of sex and violence, substance abuse, critique of capitalism, depictions of religious cultism, slippages in acting performance, poor cinematography, hammy acting, kitsch, hype, 'coolness'" (100 Cult films)
Trebuie retinut ca filmele de cult nu se constituie intr-un gen. Un gen reprezinta o categorie de filme ce au in comun anumite conventii, conventii ce sunt luate in considerare la
productia filmului. Cult films reprezinta o categorie de filme a caror incadrare in acesta categorie depinde de receptia filmului nu de productia lui. Autorul unui asemenea film nu si-a propus de la debut sa produca un film de cult. Filmul a devenit film de cult datorita unor elemente caracteristice (citate mai sus), probabil si unor circumstante sociale, istorice, care impreuna au determinat atractia admiratorilor. De altfel regasim in categoria filmelor de cult mai multe genuri: musical, horror, SF, fantasy - traditionale - dar si sexploitation, suprarealism, porno, anime, spaghetti western, road movies, gialli, martil-arts, underground.