ADULT SWIM INTERVIEWS: Troma Entertainment’s co-founder reflects on the movies movie that inspired him to be a filmmaker. Lloyd Kaufman is the man largely synonymous with Troma Entertainment, known for its creation and distribution of low-budget horror (and otherwise generally cheesy) flicks like Toxic Avenger and Poultrygeist. And he’s damn proud of it. As he should be: Troma is responsible for giving Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Oliver Stone, and Billy Bob Thornton their movie debuts as actors and/or directors. Kaufman continues to extend a hand to the younger generation with a series of books about filmmaking, including his latest, Sell Your Own Damn Movie! In that spirit of first breaks, we gave Kaufman a jingle on his celly to talk about his early cinematic inspirations. To read the whole interview click HERE.
06/23/11
