Lloyd Kaufman

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Thu, 05/12/2022 - 11:30am to 12:00pm
Troma Entertainment director Lloyd Kaufman talks low-budget filmmaking with S.W. Conser on Words and Pictures on KBOO Radio
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Troma Entertainment director Lloyd Kaufman talks low-budget filmmaking with S.W. Conser on Words and Pictures on KBOO Radio
America's snarkiest independent studio head talks about his half-century of low-budget movie-making

 

Thousands of film industry crew members and actors have learned the ropes working for Lloyd Kaufman and his independent studio Troma Entertainment.  The low-budget movies that Lloyd has directed and produced include Class of Nuke ‘em HighSergeant Kabukiman, and four different Toxic Avenger movies.  He's distilled his experience into a number of how-to books, including Make Your Own Damn MovieSell Your Own Damn Movie, and All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger.

Lloyd talks with S.W. Conser about his appreciation for B-movies and practical special effects, his family's background in Vaudeville, the "Make Your Own Damn Movie" masterclasses he leads, and his working relationships with such film legends as Oliver Stone, Louis Malle, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Stan Brakhage, Madonna, John Travolta, and Roger Corman.

 

An expanded web-only version of this episode, featuring an extra 15 minutes of content, is available at this link.

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