Filmmaker and journalist Mike Watt brings another entry into the beloved, revered, and downright worshipped Movie Outlaw collection. Brand new collection of essays focusing on another 50 "undeservedly underseen" films, including:Alex de la Iglesia's "Accion Mutante"; French gangster romp "Borsalino"; Philippe de Broca's adaptation of "Le Bossu"; Ralph Bakshi's "Heavy Traffic"; Charles Swenson's Down and Dirty Duck, Richard Williams' "The Thief and the Cobbler"; Eric Stanze's "Scrapbook"; the David Bowie WWII drama "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"; the marvelously unpleasant "The Sinful Dwarf"; learn what the story is in "Lovers and Other Strangers"; the mind-bending "Performance"; the joyous "Muppets Most Wanted"; the mysterious Jon Voight-starring "Legend of Simon Conjurer"; the ideal Scream Queen film "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama"; the "Rocky Horror sequel/equal" "Shock Treatment"; Roman Polanski's controversial "lost" film "What?"; the all-star pirate adventure "Yellowbeard"; and many, many more!This volume also boasts interviews with Academy Award Winner Jon Voight and an all-new interview with legendary director and animator Ralph Bakshi!

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