In 1990 Lloyd Kaufman directed a film called Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. In the film there is a car chase that climaxes with a car crashing into another car and flipping through the air. While standard for most action films, this was a VERY expensive stunt for a Troma film. So expensive in fact, that they incorporated the same car flip footage into their next film Tromeo & Juliet (and three subsequent films)
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Action "auteur" Michael Bay is being accused of recycling effects shots from his film The Island into his latest "opus" Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. Check out this video for the evidence:
Does this mean that Michael Bay is an avid reader of Lloyd Kaufman's Make Your Own Damn Movie and that he is gradually embracing a more economical and personal film style? Can we expect his next film to feature toxic waste and a giant penis monster?
I wouldn't count on it. But damn wouldn't that be an interesting turn of events?
Lloyd Kaufman is one of my favorite directors...
ReplyDeleteLloyd Kaufman has influenced so many film directors: Tarantino,Takahashi Miike,Gaspar Noe,why not Michael Bay?
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