Adventures in the B Movie Trade, by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Adventures in the B Movie Trade, by Brian Trenchard-Smith. 2020 softcover. 580 pages, very nice condition.
Follow the daredevil adventures of Anglo Australian film maker - and Ozploitation pioneer - Brian Trenchard-Smith through a 50-year career dedicated to giving his audience thrills, spills, laughs and gasps. "The Man from Hong Kong," "Turkey Shoot," "Dead End Drive In," "Siege Of Firebase Gloria," "Stunt Rock," "Leprechaun 3 & 4," and Nicole Kidman's first film "BMX Bandits" have earned his work a cult following. His TV output includes "Silk Stalkings," "Five Mile Creek," "Tarzan," "Flipper," & "Chemistry." The Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival in Brazil honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Quentin Tarantino dubbed him his "favorite obscure director....great energy, great sense of humor." Brian Trenchard-Smith's wry, insightful tales of the creative challenges of low budget movie making all over the world is both a personal journey and a portrait of his era.