Anthony Frith's Mockbuster: Documenting The Asylum's Six-Day Dinosaur Flick

Anthony Frith, a filmmaker from Adelaide, created his first feature, The Land That Time Forgot, in just six days for The Asylum, which is recognized for its low-budget mockbusters such as Sharknado. He chronicled the tumultuous production process in his documentary Mockbuster, currently showing in Australian theaters and accessible on Apple TV and Amazon Prime in both the UK and US. Frith reached out to The Asylum via cold email to propose directing and documenting the project. The production encountered tight supervision, unexpected script modifications, and mistakes like displaying an upside-down Russian flag. Through interviews with Eric Roberts and Danny Philippou, Frith aims to depict the filmmaking reality, hoping to motivate novice filmmakers and valuing the experience despite the film's quality.