theme, filled with famous names, love affairs and cliche s of a ' meteoric rise' or ' tragic fall' .

When working undercover, his character frequently used the alias Chuck Finley, which Bruce later revealed was the name of one of his father's old co-workers. Of course, that wasn’t all bad, because we could round up their shredded carcasses and use them as casualties. He especially gives the people behind the scenes a great deal of credit, a rare acknowledgement to the other people involved in creating and delivering our entertainment. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. Campbell has a sense of humor about both himself and his movies but, at the same time, he also has a deep love and appreciation for indie filmmakers.After all, it’s hard to keep up with The Paris Review when you’re busy Googling stage blood recipes and jacking off to archival copies of Heavy Metal magazine. Within minutes of leaving for the first location, an abandoned bridge, the production van got lost and we spent a half-hour trying to locate it. In his first book, Campbell foregoes Hollywood anecdotes for more entertaining tales of struggling to break into the biz. It details his life right from his early exploits and goes about as far as Bubba-Hotep, listing the ups and downs of the lower rent end of Hollywood.

For every Bruce Willis and Steven Spielberg, there are a hundred no-name slobs scraping out a living in this shockingly difficult profession.Perhaps- but if you are at all interested in how a bunch of kids with a Super 8 camera and a couple hundred bucks managed to smash their way into movie making, then you cannot afford to skip this one! When Sam gets upset, he lets you know it, and he’ll torture you for days afterward because he’s one of those guys who never forgets. The Braes of Bloomfield was created by commuters hoping to get away from the faded glory of the Motor City, and the results were impressive. I bought the sequel, Hail to the Chin: Further Confessions of a B Movie Actor, and now I have to decide if I'm going to read it, or get the audiobook as well.