A B-movie is one intended for the bottom half of a double bill. These were usually low budget and given little thought by the studios. Often they were unimaginative and formulaic, but sometimes a creative writer or director could make a far more interesting film than the A-movie that played before it. The term has later been extended to any low-budget picture, particularly disreputable "genre" pictures: crime, fantasy, science fiction, biker, horror, teen, etc--the phrase "high concept" would apply here, before it was coined. Most B-pictures are made at A budgets today. Scott Andrew Hutchins Examine The Life of Timon of Athens at Cracks in the Fourth Wall Theatre & Filmworks http://mywebpages.comcast.net/scottandrewh "I *hate* people who make 'education' sound like a dirty word."--Steve Gerber, "Night of the Laughing Dead." _The Man-Thing_ #5, May 1974. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ender, M. DR BS&L" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 7:30 PM Subject: B-Movie? > can someone give me a good definition of a B-Movie? > > morten > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]