It Came from Hunger!: Tales of a Cinema Schlockmeister [Library Binding]

Larry Buchanan (Author), Lynn Shubert (Foreword)

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"Buchanan writes with intelligence and style...an amusing profile of maverick filmmaking moxie" -- Shock Cinema

"a must for anyone who can appreciate the pleasure and the pain of a 'good bad' movie" -- Small Press

"candid, funny and illuminating" -- Filmfax

Product Details

• Library Binding: 233 pages
• Publisher: McFarland & Company; illustrated edition edition (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078640194X
• ISBN-13: 978-0786401949
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,856,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Guerilla filmmmaking at its finest!, March 1, 1998

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DoctorJekyll77 (Sunrise, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It Came from Hunger!: Tales of a Cinema Schlockmeister (Library Binding)

Who'd have thought that Larry Buchanan, that most reviled of low-budget filmmakers, could pen such a warm, involving, ingratiating and fact-filled overview of his own career? Long regarded with disfavor, Mr. Buchanan explains the whys and wherefores of his cinematic output, showing he did the best he (or anyone) could with what monies and talent were available to him. Sci-fi fans may be disappointed by the short shrift he gives his mid-Sixties triumphs -- "The Eye Creatures," "In The Year 2889," etc. -- but it still adds up to a fascinating look back on a career too often dismissed by moviegoers.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My good friend Larry Buchanan --, January 10, 2002

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Greg Goodsell "Kitsch Man" (Bakersfield, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Came from Hunger!: Tales of a Cinema Schlockmeister (Library Binding)

-- makes TERRIBLE movies, and he cheerfully admits to it. You've seen "Mars Need Women," "In The Year 2888" and "Zontar, the Thing from Venus." You've just forgotten them, writing them off as dimly-remembered dreams you think you saw off the late-late-late show. A gifted raconteur, Buchanan takes us on a tour of his wacky world.

OK -- I'm partial. He extesnsively quotes my essays on him thorughout. Does that disqualify me on grounds of conflicting interests?