new poverty row

New poverty row

independent filmmakers as distributors

by Fred Olen Ray
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Since cinemas earliest beginnings, there has been friction between producers and directors.

Shady accounting practices, which favored the distributors at the expense of the filmmakers, were all too common, causing many filmmakers to form independent compa.

Format
226 pages, Hardcover
First published
1991
Publishers
McFarland
Subjects
Motion pictures·United states·Distribution·Motion picture industry·United states
Language
English

This book takes you behind the scenes in ultra-low budget, independent film-making with a man who should know: Fred Olen Ray is responsible for classics like "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers" (tagline: "they charge an arm and a leg"). There is more about the financing, deal making and distribution than actual filming, as the book's subtitle suggests.

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