My First Movie, Take Two

A sequel to the critically acclaimed My First Movie , Stephen Lowenstein once again talks to some of our most celebrated filmmakers about their debut films. Lowenstein interviews ten directors about their career-launching film and how they got the movie off the ground: how they raised the finance, found actors, searched for locations, worked with the crew and saw the project through to completion. Filmmakers interviewed include Richard Linklater on Slacker ; Alejandro González Iñárritu on Amores Perros ; Terry Gilliam on Jabberwocky ; and Sam Mendes on American Beauty . A wonderfully rich compendium that is lively, informative, funny, and often surprising.