Loving look at the life and films of Larry Cohen, a very interesting filmmaker. The great things about this are the interviews, and old photos and clips of Larry growing up and behind the scenes of his films - that house which keeps appearing in his films is his!
We hear from some film loving colleagues - Joe Dante, Martin Scorsese, JJ Abrams, John Landis - as well as Cohen's wife, his ex wife and ex girlfriend - so he obviously can stay on good terms! There's also people who made films with him, including Michael Moriarty and Fred Williamson.
Most of the stories concern Cohen's audacity in stealing shots - there's a lot of these. It does touch on his sacking on a few films (notably I the Jury) but is generally extremely positive. There's no mention of his sister, who was murdered.
It's fun and peppy even if inevitably not of great depth/analysis - for that you really need to read that huge book on Cohen.
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