| LC control no. | sh2007004880 |
|---|---|
| Topical heading | Cult films |
| Variant(s) | Cult classics Cult movies |
| See also | Motion pictures |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on fiction or nonfiction films that acquire a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans after their release. Works on fiction films about a particular subculture in society are entered under the heading Subculture films, subdivided by the appropriate geographic, topical, and/or form subdivisions. This heading is not used for individual cult films. Individual cult films are entered under headings appropriate to the content, genre, and/or form of the film. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Subculture films |
| Found in | Work cat.: Donnie Darko [VR] c2004. Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993: p. 70 (Cult film: a film which is favored by a group of cognoscenti, the followers or admirers of a star, a film director or a theme which has popular appeal, or by a subcultural group whose members have elevated a particular film to the rank of a cult) Konigsberg, I. Complete film dictionary, c1998 (Cult film, cult movie: A film without wide popularity but that appeals primarily to a particular group or type of person) Singleton, R. Filmmakers dictionary, c2000: p. 79 (Cult classic: old movie or tv series, it is adored by a devoted segment of the viewing public) Schirmer encyc. of film, 2007: v. 2, p. 17 (Cult films: Though cult movies are often referred to as if they were a specific and particular genre, this is not the case: such films fall into an enormous variety of different formal and stylistic categories. Indeed, many cult movies are characterized as such precisely because of their cross- or multigenre narratives, or other offbeat qualities that take them outside the realm of genre completely. Films can develop cult followings in various ways: on the basis of their modes of production or exhibition, their internal textual features, or through acts of appropriation by specific audiences. [Includes] B-movies and trash, midnight movies, cult classics) Wikipedia, Nov. 16, 2007 (A cult film is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside of this small group; however there have been many exceptions. The term cult film is used to describe a film that has had little success upon its initial release but has later spawned a small, but devoted and usually obsessive fanbase, however there are various exceptions.) OCLC, Nov. 16, 2007 (title: A-Z of cult films and film-makers; The cult film experience; Cult films and film cults; Defining cult movies; Mary Woronov, cult film star; Cult science fiction films) |
 |  |  |