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Fast, Cheap and Under Control...and...Fast, Cheap and Written That Way

By: John Gaspard
Narrated by: John Gaspard, Jim Cunningham, Andy Morantz, Ash Steel, Nathan Taber, Margaret Mikkelson, Chris Clyne, Lauren Gobes, Josh Wallace
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Publisher's Summary

Two classic filmmaking books in one box set:

Fast, Cheap and Under Control: Lessons Learned from the Greatest Low-Budget Movies of All Time

Learn the tricks and pitfalls of low-budget filmmaking from 33 successful independent films and the filmmakers who created them. Includes never before published interviews with low-budget mavericks such as Steven Soderbergh, Roger Corman, Jon Favreau, Henry Jaglom, and many more.

Fast, Cheap and Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies

Hollywood's top screenwriters look back at their early low-budget efforts and provide valuable tips, tricks, and advice on how to create a solid screenplay for a low-budget movie.

Includes in-depth interviews with: Tom DiCillo (Living in Oblivion), Whit Stillman (Metropolitan), Richard Glatzer (Grief), Henry Jaglom (Venice/Venice), Dan Futterman (Capote), John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer), Coleman Hough (Bubble), Rebecca Miller (Personal Velocity), Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), Joan Micklin Silver (Hester Street), Ali Selim (Sweet Land), Stephen Belber (Tape), Eric Bogosian (subUrbia), George Romero (Martin), Bob Clark (Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things), Roger Nygard (Suckers), Alex Cox (Repo Man), Amy Holden Jones (Love Letters), Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me), Dylan Kidd (Roger Dodger), L. M. Kit Carson (Paris, Texas), Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou), and Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know).

©2020 John Gaspard (P)2020 John Gaspard

Critic Reviews

"We never put out an actual textbook for the Corman School of Filmmaking, but if we did, it would be Fast, Cheap and Under Control." (Roger Corman, producer, New Horizons)

"This terrific little book explains how to make every penny count on the often arduous journey from script to screen." (John Carpenter, director, Halloween, Starman, Escape from New York)

"This book is as good as film school, and a lot less expensive. It's required reading in Tromaville." (Lloyd Kaufman, president, Troma Entertainment, creator, Toxic Avenger)

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