About this episode

Debbie Lynn Elias interviews Anthony Frith about his documentary MOCKBUSTER and his experience directing a B-movie for Asylum Studios.

It's another entertaining and enlightening episode of BEHIND THE LENS thanks to co-writer/director ANTHONY FRITH and his documentary MOCKBUSTER. Now, MOCKBUSTER isn't your typical documentary. This is a documentary directed by Anthony Frith concurrently with his directing of an Asylum Studios B-movie classic, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. I know you know The Asylum, the studio responsible for the SHARKNADO franchise and a few hundred other glorious B-movie genre gems that inevitably revolve around sharks, aliens, dinosaurs, Nazis, Russians, nukes, bad accents, vampires, zombies, and generally a take-off on known blockbusters by altering titles and scripts ever so slightly into what have become known as "Mockbusters." Enter Australian filmmaker ANTHONY FRITH. Anthony has an interesting background but has primarily made a living making corporate video shorts and PSAs like "how to grieve" video manuals, but has long dreamed of directing a feature film. One day, the light bulb went off, and he got the idea to reach out to The Asylum, asking to direct a film. As luck would have it, The Asylum had a movie for him to direct – THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT…

People in this episode

Host: debbie lynn elias

Guest: Anthony Frith

Topics covered

• documentary filmmaking
• B-movies
• Asylum Studios
• Anthony Frith
• mockbusters
• film production

Keywords

• documentary
• B-movie
• Asylum Studios
• Anthony Frith
• MOCKBUSTER
• THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT
• filmmaking
• mockbusters

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Asylum Studios, The Asylum

Books & works: MOCKBUSTER, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT

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