About this episode

This episode features an interview with director Anthony Frith discussing his documentary MOCKBUSTER and the B-movie industry.

It’s another entertaining and enlightening episode of BEHIND THE LENS thanks to director/co-writer 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 another Asylum 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.” Now, don’t ever knock The Asylum and its founders/creators, David Latt, David Rimawi, and Paul Bales. These guys have perfected a business model and moviemaking formula that lets them churn out films, many in less than a week with principal photography, do all the post-production in a well-oiled in-house machine, and then bring them straight to you on digital/video/dvd aka direct-to-video platform. And their films are, on the whole, a ton of fun. Enter Australian filmmaker…

People in this episode

Guest: ANTHONY FRITH

Topics covered

• documentary
• B-movies
• filmmaking
• The Asylum
• mockbusters
• interview

Keywords

• documentary
• B-movie
• The Asylum
• mockbuster
• filmmaking
• interview
• ANTHONY FRITH

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Asylum, SHARKNADO

Books & works: MOCKBUSTER, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT

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