Larry Cohen by Michael Doyle

Author:Michael Doyle [Doyle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BearManor Media
Published: 2015-11-16T05:00:00+00:00

Do you have any anecdotes regarding The Stuff that pertain to your own unmistakable brand of guerrilla filmmaking?

[Chuckles] Here’s one: an assistant came to me one day and said, “I’ve found this great location where you can shoot the scene with the fashion show. There’s this furrier showroom in New Jersey and the owner will give us the place for free. He’ll also supply us with a dozen models, as long as the girls wear his fur coats.” That sounded great and I immediately had this image in my mind of the models parading up and down the catwalk in bathing suits and fur coats, eating The Stuff. The prospect of shooting the scene there without it costing us a dime made me very happy, so I quickly said, “Okay, let’s do it!” I didn’t even bother to view the place. My production people showed me some photographs and it looked fabulous. How could we possibly go wrong there? So, we all got in our trucks and drove out to New Jersey. When we arrived at the building, we discovered that there were, in fact, two tenants there. The first was indeed the furrier showroom, but, unfortunately, the second occupants were the New Jersey offices of the Teamsters. Needless to say, The Stuff was a non-union movie and we weren’t using any Teamsters on the production. Now, as many people know, the Teamsters are a highly unionized organization that is often considered to be allied with mobsters. As a result, people are often scared and intimidated of them.

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