The Total Film Maker by Jerry Lewis

By Jerry Lewis

‘The overall Film-Maker’ — Jerry Lewis’ publication on filmmaking, taken from 480 hours of audio tape, recorded as Jerry taught filmmaking on the college of Southern California, 1971. “It’s it sounds as if the best books written approximately filmmaking ever. It used to be revealed in 1971 and has been out of print for the reason that then.”

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The Total Film Maker

‘The overall Film-Maker’ — Jerry Lewis’ publication on filmmaking, taken from 480 hours of audio tape, recorded as Jerry taught filmmaking on the collage of Southern California, 1971. “It’s it seems that the most effective books written approximately filmmaking ever. It used to be published in 1971 and has been out of print on account that then.

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When he was ten years old he was on roller skates, wearing a big beard, headed for a theater, ready to act twenty minutes later. Edward G. Robinson went to the American Academy for about six months. But that was an entirely different tech­ nique of teaching. It was for the theater. Eddie Robinson, Pat O'Brien, Sam Levine, Spencer Tracy-towering names-did plays. That was their training. Cary Grant, 6 z Actors Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart developed as personali­ ties, playing themselves role after role.

Massive overheads and union costs make even low-budget films relatively expensive. A million-dollar project is now a low-budget film. In this day the producer who can get true value out of his production dollar is a genius. And like good directors, good producers are rare. In fact, they are becoming ex­ tinct. 4 5 SCRIPT AND WRITER Over the years, Hollywood has purchased some marvelous material and then destroyed it on films. You wonder why? I think one reason is that we have a number of creative frauds who convert material to suit their own beliefs be­ cause of their own egos.

Eddie Robinson, Pat O'Brien, Sam Levine, Spencer Tracy-towering names-did plays. That was their training. Cary Grant, 6 z Actors Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart developed as personali­ ties, playing themselves role after role. At the same time, they were fine actors and fine technicians. I've often been asked why the film industry hasn't gen­ erated more acting talent. The answer is simple: the men at the top do not care. They live on the basis of product being made today. " It would be very naive for anyone to assume that the motion picture industry is carefully cultivating a new Lau­ rence Olivier or a Richard Harris or a Marlon Brando.

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