What
do Sharknado, Nightmare On Elm Street, Chopping Mall, Lost Empire, Witchboard
and Armed Response all have in common? They are are all part of the B Movie
Celebration being held October 25th-28th at the Hollywood Boulevard Cinema
in Woodbridge, Illinois.
All
together 26 amazing B feature films with 42 B movie shorts are being screened.
We are very proud to be hosting 7 world premieres and over 12 North American
Premieres. If you love B Movies, then the Hollywood Boulevard is the place to
be this weekend. In attendance at the B Movie Celebration will be Freddy
Krueger himself, Robert Englund. Joining Robert will be legendary B Movie
Directors Jim Wynorski, Fred Olen Ray and Kevin Tenney, each screening one or more
of their classic titles. This is a perfect chance to sit down with
practitioners of the cinematic arts one on one.
Often
the term B movie is thought to be one of derision and scorn. Low budget B or
Genre filmmaking are thought to be second class or in some way inferior. We at
the B Movie Celebration know otherwise. We know that for the most part the
grand American cinematic tradition has evolved from origins in B Movies. The
weavers of images which we as a collective culture deem as master of the
cinematic arts, Scorsese, Coppola, Kaufman, Demme, Leone, Bogdanovich , Lucas,
Spielberg and Tarantino all either toiled in the fields of B filmmaking or
consider themselves primarily influenced by this tradition and manner of
cinema.
They
know that the majority of innovation and the defining of the cinematic arts
were as a result as a result of B Movies. There is a tradition and legacy which
should not be forgotten. Filmmakers like Oscar Micheaux, Ida Lupino, Samuel
Fuller, Jacques Tourneur, Lloyd Kaufman, Robert Lippert, Roger Corman and Jim
Wynorski have all contributed significantly to the tradition and the emerging
art form that is movies. Some of them still do.
They
also feel that it is our duty to present a global overview of genre filmmaking
by showing classic B films but also to sharing with you our discovery of
emerging B filmmaking talents.
These
people have taken on the banner of advancing the art of the motion picture and
they like their predecessors must be celebrated.
They
invite you to celebrate B Movies, celebrate the people who made these movies
and those who continue to make these movies.
Please
join At The Hollywood Boulevard CinemaOctober 25th-28th for the Seventh
Annual B Movie Celebration.
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