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All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger

Imagine Roger Corman and John Waters crossed with Howard Stern—and you'll have an idea of the demented genius behind Troma studios, one of the oldest (and most successful) independent film studios in the world. Lloyd Kaufman's spirited, outrageous, no-holds-barred look at low-budget, guerilla filmmaking is truly an inspiration to

Subject
biography
Genre
humor
Themes
movies
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 354 pages

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