Why watch trash movies? Discussing B films in the Watchtower podcast

There are so many high-quality films and TV series that no high-budget filming and special effects are capable of evoking emotions. The brain needs a break. And here films of category “B” come to the rescue - the same ones shot for three kopecks on a cheap camera, often even without a tripod, with non-professional actors in the frame. The components sometimes change slightly, but the essence remains the same, so such creativity is unlikely to ever be seriously interested in the mass audience.

In this issue, the presenters of the "Watchman" try to understand what is so attractive about the "movie trash" and why people need it. watching and talking about the history of B-movies and the 1960s grindhouse and again reminiscing about Asylum.

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08:45 - about the history of operational cinema from the 1960s to the present day.

15:23 - Why do people specifically watch bad films: study art from all sides or "for the sake of laughter"?

21:17 - how to make a film so that it does not fall into the “B” category.

27:09 - can Russian serials of the 1990s be considered trash-cinema?

33:54 - whether in our time "cinematographic trash" is produced or we are witnessing the decline of an era.

What to see on the topic

We have collected the films and TV shows mentioned in the issue:

• Dick Tracy, directed by Warren Beatty, 1990.
• Ninja Turtles 1990 directed by Steve Barron.
• Total Recall, directed by Paul Verhoeven, 1990.
• "Suspiria", directed by Dario Argento, 1977.
• The Shaft, directed by Gordon Parks, 1971.
• Blacula, directed by William Crane, 1972.
• Live and Let Die, directed by Guy Hamilton, 1973.
• Vanishing Point, directed by Richard S. Sarafyan, 1971.
• “Faster, kitty! Kill, kill! ”, Directed by Russ Mayer, 1965.
• «Red leatherette», Creator - Alex Pina, 2021 - present.
• Immoral Mr. Tees 1959 directed by Russ Mayer.
• Shark Tornado, directed by Anthony Ferrante, 2013.
• Anastasia, directed by Blake J. Harris, 2020.
• "365 days", directors - Barbara Bialovas, Tomas Mandes, 2020.
• "Threat from Deep", directed by Christopher Ray, 2012.
• The Final Level: Escape from Rankala, directed by Ryan Prince, 2019.
• Avengers Grimm, directed by Jeremy Inman, 2015.
• “Streets of Broken Lanterns”, creator - Alexander Kapitsa, 1998–2019.
• Batman and Robin, directed by Joel Schumacher, 1997.
• Giant Fuzzy Finger Attack, directed by Cody Clark, 2021.
• “Terribly slow killer with extremely ineffective weapon,” directed by Richard Gale, 2008.

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