When the "post-apocalyptic" film genre was predicting the future!
In the 80s, under the influence of Mad Max and New York 1997, anticipation and post-apocalyptic cinema experienced a spectacular craze. From 2019 After the Fall of New York to The Exterminators of the Year 3000, via Apocalypse 2024 and the Mad Max series, the book reveals how these futures of yesterday still question our present today...
THE FILM: THE DRIVE-IN FROM HELL (not sold separately)
In the near future, drive-ins have been transformed into camps where underprivileged, idle youth are parked in atrocious conditions. Krabs and his girlfriend are taken to one of these camps, from which they will do anything to escape...
Format : Scope 2:35 original respected
Language: French
Running time : 87 minutes
Extras : French trailer, English trailer, slideshow of exploitation photos.
HIGHLIGHTS
- More than 200 richly illustrated pages, featuring rare posters and vintage photographs, provide a light-hearted yet sharp analysis of the booming post-apocalyptic genre of the '80s.
- A wide variety of works are covered, as the post-apocalyptic genre, baroque and compilatory, borrows from punk aesthetics, westerns, peplums, heroic-fantasy and Christian eschatology to illuminate broken, chaotic and violent universes. The book features a handful of major post-apocalyptic works (Mad Max, New York 1997, The Last Stand...) as well as numerous gems from "bis" cinema that have been adored by fans of the genre (2019 After the Fall of New York, The Rats of Manhattan...).
- The book, whose cover is reminiscent of old, worn-out vintage VHS, includes exclusive interviews with directors Sergio Martino (2019 After the Fall of New York), David Worth (The Knight of the Lost World), David Engelbach (America 3000) and Steve De Jarnatt (Emergency Call), actors Fred Williamson (The New Barbarians) and Rae Dawn Chong (City Limits), and screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti (Bronx Warriors).
- The film Dead End Drive-In is offered as a bonus DVD in the book! This 1986 Australian feature film has never been released on DVD in France. The DVD contains the French version of the film in its original cinema format, plus French and American trailers and a slide show. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (Les Traches de l'an 2000, Le Jour des assassins...), Le Drive-In de l'Enfer has a certain aura among fans, thanks to its unabashedly decadent atmosphere. It's even one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
In addition to numerous DVD and Blu-ray bonus features, Claude GAILLARD is the author of several books on cinema and pop-culture, including Bad Requins, Dans l'enfer vert de la Rambosploitation and Les pires parodies X sont souvent les meilleures.