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.