A L Katz

The How NOT To Make A Movie Podcast

Arts EN ↓ 30 episodes

Now in our FOURTH SEASON! Join us for a deep, inside baseball, nuts-n-bolts dive into the creative process. Guests include actors like MALCOLM MCDOWELL and BRANDON ROUTH, writers LARRY WILSON (BEETLEJUICE) and CY VORIS & ETHAN REIFF (DEMON KNIGHT) and everyone I know who's ever collaborated to create content. We talk a lot about TALES FROM THE CRYPT and why, in so many ways, that epitomized the creative process at its best... and why Bordello Of Blood was its antithesis. Talk about how NEVER to make a movie! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A L Katz

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S1E5 Endings Are Never Pretty 21.04.2022 58:59

How a movie starts is really important. How it ends though – how it sends its audience out into the night – is really, really important. It was pretty much a given that a production as tortured, challenged and just plain stupid as Bordello's would stumble to its conclusion (which is exactly what it did). We headed back to LA with an unfinished movie and a future that had gone from certain to fraug...

S1E3 Special Effects 13.04.2022 33:03

THE BLURB: Nothing is more important to a horror movie than its makeup special effects. Ironically, we live and die by the quality, the craftsmanship, the authenticity and the sheer OMG-ness of how well we re-create the illusion of gore. We should have been able to pull off Bordello's special effects in our sleep. Instead, we made more idiotic choices that challenged our inexperienced crew and gua...

S1E3 Welcome To Vancouver/Yankee Go Home! 06.04.2022 47:40

THE BLURB: There's something inherently hopeful about starting a feature film or TV show. A team of strangers comes together to make something they all believe in. And then there's "Bordello Of Blood". Where a team of strangers got together - and simply got "strange SHOW NOTES: For more great storytelling podcasts, please visit https://costardandtouchstone.com/ . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

S1E2 How Not To CAST A Movie 31.03.2022 26:05

THE BLURB: Casting, it’s been said, is ninety percent of any director’s work. Get the casting right and life is easy. Get it wrong though and even “Citizen Kane” can turn into “Plan 9 From Outer Space”. In this episode, we experience both casting highs and casting. SHOW NOTES:   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S1E1 Fade In 29.03.2022 35:39

THE BLURB: What happens when you make a movie that literally nobody making it wants to make? From the audience's POV, you get a mediocre horror movie from a world class horror franchise (Tales From The Crypt). From the creator's POV however you get complete and total catastrophe. How the creative team behind Crypt went from catering to their craft to surrendering to corporate cynicism. It's a deep...