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Make Your Own Damn Movie!: Secrets of a Renegade Director (Paperback)

by Lloyd Kaufman (Author) "I was surrounded on every side by vermin, roaches, and rat shit ..." (more)

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition edition (Mar 18 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312288646
ISBN-13: 978-0312288648
Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 295 g

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (88 customer reviews)

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The experience of low-budget filmmaking is so bad it's good. This is the central bit of wisdom writer/producer/director Kaufman (his credits include The Toxic Avenger; Class of Nuke 'Em High; Tromeo and Juliet) gives in this riotous book. Equal parts how-to, memoir and shrewd marketing stunt, it tells young filmmakers to lower their expectations. Taking a reverse-inspirational tack, Kaufman admits indie films probably won't make you rich, famous, happy or very many friends. For emphasis, he begins with an image of him shoveling rat poop from the basement of Troma Studios and closes with a suicide dream sequence. It is to the tremendous credit of Kaufman's profane, self-deprecating, caustic but charismatic sense of humor that the book's opening, closing and everything else in between manages to make the low-budget filmmaking process seem like the most glorious and noble of life pursuits. Seven different contributors regularly interrupt Kaufman with commentary on aspects of the filmmaking process in general and Kaufman in particular. (He's both inspirational and profoundly cheap.) At one point, an argument that's been brewing between coauthor Haaga and Kaufman about whether film or digital video is better dissolves into a five-page, farcical cursing contest. Like the work he pursues, Kaufman's book is at times so bad it's good. 40 b&w photos.
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Troma Studios impresario Kaufman is back with a manual for fledgling filmmakers seeking to slide down something like his slimy path to indie B-movie glory. Of course, the manual format is partly just an excuse for more raconteuring a la All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger (1998), Kaufman's memoir of crafting cult classics like Class of Nuke 'em High and The Toxic Avenger. Still, Kaufman does vend some pithy guidelines, one of the most succinct of which is "Get your wimmen nekid" because "one way to save money . . . is in the costume department." Not every insight involves salaciously soliciting audience interest; many are just useful, jaded tips for skimping at every juncture and finding somebody else's money to risk on one's celluloid magnum opus. Although the book is probably more valuable as entertainment than as counsel, its instructional content shouldn't be ignored. It isn't easy making low-budget movies, and Kaufman has definitely been there and done that. Mike Tribby
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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining AND Informative, Oct 26 2006

By	Shakes DaKlown "T.J." (Hamilton, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

Lloyd Kaufman's "Make Your Own Damn Movie!" is a hilarious look at the in's and out's as well as the do's and don'ts of the independent film industry. A must for any up-and-coming filmmaker or just a casual movie fan. You get over 30 years of cinematic know-how in an easy to read, highly entertaining package. Lloyd is a true artist and should get the recognition he deserves. THIS BOOK IS HILARIOUS!!!!! BUY IT NOW!!!!!!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Write your own damn book, Sep 1 2004

By	David A. Lloyd - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Lloyd Kaufman's second book, "Make Your Own Damn Movie", is the story behind the story delving into the secrets of a renegade guerilla filmmaker.
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If you didn't know, Lloyd Kaufman is one of the few genuine auteur filmmakers left in the world. He (along with fellow filmmaker Michael Herz) built Troma Studios, the oldest and, most likely, the longest-running truly independent film studio in history. He's also the creator of The Toxic Avenger. If the three decades of cinematic wizardry he has doesn't inspire you to seek out his knowledge then go back to flipping burgers.
Kaufman knows his stuff. He knows filmmaking. He knows how to tell a story regardless of the medium.
Listen to what he has to say. Listen and learn.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perversely Inspiring, Jun 10 2004

By	Max A. Collins (Muscatine, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Is this book funny? Sure, often hysterically. But it's much more -- Lloyd Kaufmann, perhaps the nastiest sweet man on the planet, reveals invaluble truths, secrets and techniques to indie filmmakers. Between the profane, self-immolating anecdotes, Kaufmann provides the skinny on surviving in the trenches of low/no budget moviemaking. Very few filmmaking books are by real filmmakers, and Kaufmann is a quirky, much underrated auteur with a style and vision that rivals John Waters (that the Troma guru's films are funny, entertaining and smart is often lost on critics and even viewers, caught up in his punk theatrics). Even if you have a real budget of several hundred thousand dollars or even a mil, Kaufmann has much to teach you, and -- between the laughs -- sobering truths to share. As an indie director myself, I wish I'd had this book to guide me on my first effort; and I still find it useful and perversely inspiring.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining as it is Informative
A good lesson if you are going to make a movie. Has great outlines of what to do, what not to do, and points you in the general direction of things you may be able to use for your... Read more

Published on Jun 9 2004 by thekookyboy

5.0 out of 5 stars ***** CITIZEN KAUFFMAN TUTORS THE DISTURBED
This jam-packed (or maybe fudge-packed) independent filmmaker's primer is as funny as it is revealing. Read more

Published on May 31 2004 by J. Allen

5.0 out of 5 stars I am
I am making my own movie and I learned an invaluable about of things from Lloyd's book. I think everyone needs to piuck this up beaucause he brings such a fresh and different... Read more

Published on May 31 2004 by Brian Simms

5.0 out of 5 stars Reading this book will get you laid.
I went and picked up the book at the store and the chick checking me out thaught i was some hoyty toity film buff and 3 hours later.. boom! got laid. Read more

Published on May 26 2004 by Mike McIlhone