Cult followingA cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium. The latter is often called a cult classic. A film, book, musical artist, internet personality, television series, or video game, among other things, is said to have a cult following when it has a very passionate fanbase.
Film festivalA film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually annually and in a single city or region. Some film festivals show films outdoors or online. Films may be of recent date and, depending on the festival's focus, can include both international and domestic releases.
Midnight movieA midnight movie is a low-budget genre picture or distinctly nonmainstream film programmed for late-night screening or broadcast. The term is rooted in the practice that emerged in the 1950s of local television stations around the United States airing cheap genre films late at night, often with a host delivering ironic asides.
Transgressive artTransgressive art refers to artistic practices that violate or challenge established boundaries, conventions, or taboos. Transgression may be directed against the conventions of the art world itself, the moral or religious sensibilities of an audience, or wider social and legal norms. Subjects that transgressive art might engage with can include sex and sexuality, violence, the body, religion, or obscenity or profanity.
Camp (style)Camp is an aesthetic and sensibility that regards something as appealing or amusing because of its heightened level of artifice, affectation, and exaggeration, especially when there is also a playful or ironic element. Camp aesthetics often disrupted modernist understandings of high art by inverting traditional aesthetic judgements of beauty, value, and taste, and inviting a different kind of aesthetic engagement. Camp art is distinct from but often confused with kitsch.
FilmVisual art consisting of moving imagesA Trip to the Moon (1902) is considered to be a turning point in the development of narrative and science fiction films.A film, movie, or motion picture is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and sometimes feature other sensory stimuli.
FandomA fandom is a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of camaraderie with others who share a common interest. Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the objects of their fandom and spend a significant portion of their time and energy involved with their interest, often as a part of a social network with particular practices, differentiating fandom-affiliated people from those with only a casual interest.Underground filmAn underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre or financing.
Box-office bombA box-office bomb is a film that is unprofitable or considered highly unsuccessful during its theatrical run. Any film for which the combined production budget, marketing, and distribution costs exceed the revenue after release is often considered a commercial failure, but the terms "bomb" or "flop" are most frequently used for major studio releases that were highly anticipated, extensively marketed, and expensive to produce, but nevertheless failed commercially.
Film censorshipFilm censorship is the censorship of motion pictures, either through the excising of certain frames or scenes, or outright banning of films in their entirety. Film censorship typically occurs as a result of political or moral objections to a film's content; controversial content subject to censorship include the depiction of graphic violence, sexual situations, or racial themes. Censorship standards vary widely by country, and can vary within an individual country over time.
AudienceAn audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or academics in any medium. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art. Some events invite overt audience participation and others allow only modest clapping and criticism.
Classificatory disputes about artArt historians and philosophers of art have long had classificatory disputes about art regarding whether and how a particular cultural artifact or manmade object should be classified as art and how the arts relate to one another and to the world, often as part of a broader systematic philosophy or focused theory of aesthetics. Disputes continue about what does and does not count as art.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.