The founders of the superb webvideo guide Tilzy.TV talk to THE FOLD about the way both professional and amateur content-makers contribute and coexist within the world of webvideo.

THE FOLD is honored to share with you our recent interview with the one and only Debbie Rochon, (”American Nightmare,” “Tromeo and Juliet“)whose unique combination of dizzying talent and a relentless work ethic have led to unforgettable roles in over 150 films, a hit Fangoria Radio show, and numerous awards for her decades-spanning career.

In the first segment of our seven-part Week With Debbie, THE FOLD speaks with one of today’s greatest indie stars about the day-to-day mindset of a working film actor, and why one must become a true jack-of-all-trades to make it in today’s world of independent cinema.

The Fold talks to Troma legend and independent-film hero Lloyd Kaufman about how diminishing costs are affecting the world of indie cinema, and how one can create films while still contributing to society by working in a liquor store.

Troma legend Lloyd Kaufman talks to The Fold about working with the Andy Warhol crowd in the wild early years of independent cinema, and the influence that it’s had on his own work.

I simply had to share this amazing trailer with everyone, for Borowczyk’s 1975 masterpiece, “La Bete.” It must have taken the guy who’s job it was to put in all the little black censor boxes in this trailer ages, just ages.

We recently had the honor of interviewing film legend Lloyd Kaufman about the future of independent entertainment. We’ll be posting highlights from the interview here at thefold.tv very soon, but in the meantime here’s some flattering words from one of THE FOLD’s most venerable fans.

Be sure to watch Poultrygeist which you can buy in an amazing 3-disc set by visiting Troma. com where you can also buy lots of other Troma for the perfect Halloween!

And be sure to watch Lloyd’s important message about net neutrality, which is below in this blog. We love Troma!

We Foldies are huge fans of LLOYD KAUFMAN and his film production outfit TROMA FILMS. 

Lloyd’s YouTube message below is imporant for all of us independent artists and filmmakers on the internet.

Hey, be sure not to miss Lloyd’s wild and crazy new film “Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead,” which should be opening in a nearby theater soon.

If you haven’t checked out this great trailer for Iron Sky, about a secret Nazi group that returns to Earth from their moonbase in the year 2018, well then please do.

Looks pretty good, right? Almost as interesting as moon-bound Nazis is the way the movie is being created, which is through a communal Finnish moviemaking site called Wreck A Movie. How does this process work, you ask? Well, I have to say I’m not entirely sure, though I’m awfully intrigued by the idea. The Wreck A Movie website breaks their process down into three broad steps: 1) joining their online community. 2) finding like-minded artists within said community to collaborate with. 3) setting up your own production and creating a collaborative community around it.

Sounds like a great idea, but it certainly raises quite a few questions at the same time about what level of collaboration we’re talking about here. My impression is that at this point their community is used more as a creative sounding-board, with users offering ideas on what a nuclear device detonating in outer space would look like, or what a cool design for a moonbase might be. Still, it’s a promising idea, and the Wreck A Movie’s maverick spirit and pro-Creative Commons philosophy alone is worth championing. I’ll definitely be keeping a close eye on what they do next.

We of THE FOLD being huge fans of big bang for little bucks, I found this video (stumbled upon at webtvhub.com) showing 3 graphic designers recreating the D-Day beach-storming to be absolutely fascinating. It shows an impressively comprehensive time-lapsed process of Richard Hammond and company gathering the necessary video elements over the course of four days, everything from greenscreening bursting sand to filming the same three actors sprinting across the beach again and again and again. The resulting scene looks great!