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The Unkindest Cut: How a Hatchet Man Critic Made His Own 7, 000 Dollar Movie and Put It All on His Credit Card
  
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The Unkindest Cut: How a Hatchet Man Critic Made His Own 7, 000 Dollar Movie and Put It All on His Credit Card (Paperback)

by Joe Queenan (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Picador (12 Jul 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 033034112X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330341127
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 331,077 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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This work documents the experiences of Joe Queenan, who decided to try to make a film and master the arts of writing, directing, scoring, casting and marketing, all by himself. He explains how he tried to do all this by putting his expenses on his credit card.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How to make a $7,000 movie in one step. Step One: Don't., 28 Oct 1998
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At the end of his book "Rebel Without a Crew", Robert Rodriguez exhorts readers to follow his example, and make their own low-budget films- for $7,000 dollars. Joe Queenan, noted movie critic, takes his offer at face value- and from then on, everything goes horribly wrong. If you've ever wanted to make a low-budget film, don't ever read this book- Queenan takes every last bit of mystery and wonder from the film-making process, and destroys it with a big hammer. Everything about the film goes wrong- the script is bad, one of the lead actors (Queenan's son) walks off in tears, and everybody wants to kill the cameraman. The budget soon spirals beyond $7,000, and as the shoot conditions get worse and worse, Queenan gets funnier and funnier. At times he is so funny that you feel guilty at laughing so much at such obvious misfortune- but the man's biting sarcasm and wit are infectious. A truly excellent book- maybe even enough to make you feel sorry for films like "Batman and Robin", or "The Avangers". Or maybe not.
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