Table of Contents

PREFACE- DIRECTILE DISFUNCTION

FOREWORD (maybe BACKWARD) by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor ("Crank")

CHAPTER 1 - JOINING THE ARMY OF ONE

CHAPTER 2 - IT'S THE SHIT! ... ER, SCRIPT!

CHAPTER 3 - SHOW, DON'T TELL, AND OTHER THINGS MY UNCLE LANCE WHISPERED TO ME IN THE BASEMENT

CHAPTER 4- PREPRODUCTION: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (AND BY IDAHO, I, OF COURSE, MEAN HELL)

CHAPTER 5-CASTING: STICK TO FISH, AVOID THE TOILET SEATS

CHAPTER 6-PREPARATION AND SCHEDULING: WHO KNEW THERE WAS SO MUCH PAPER INVOLVED IN THE ART OF DIRECTING?

CHAPTER 7 - MANAGING THE SET, OR MASTERING THE AGE-OLD ART OF BABYSITTING.

CHAPTER 8 - PUTTING THE "SPECIAL" IN SPECIAL EFFECTS, OR WHY WE SPEND 80% OF OUR BUDGET ON BROMO-SELTZER

CHAPTER 9 - POST PRODUCTION, OR TAKING A CUE FROM DEDICATED HOOKERS AND FINISHING YOUR MOVIE OFF RIGHT

CHAPTER 10 - IF YOU WANT IT DONE RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT YOURSELF, OR PAY SOMEONE A LOT OF MONEY

CHAPTER 11 - A CHAPTER JUST ABOUT DIRECTING

AFTERWORD - MY HAPPY ENDING

About the Author

Lloyd Kaufman is one of the very few genuine auteur filmmakers. He has written, produced, and/or directed more than 25 films, including "The Toxic Avenger", "Terror Firmer", "Tromeo and Juliet", and "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead". Kaufman is president of the world-famous Troma Entertainment, the oldest and, arguably, the longest-running truly independent film studio in history. He is also the president of the IFTA (Independent Film & Television Alliance), whose members produce more than 400 independent films and countless hours of television programming each year and generate more than $4 billion in distribution revenues annually.

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