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    The Anti-Islam Movie: Not a Hollywood Film

    The movie at the center of the attacks in the Middle East was not a Hollywood film, but it does expose the secret world of super low-budget filmmaking.

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    By Kim Masters • Sep 13, 2012 • 3m Listen

    Kim and John discuss the anti-Islam movie that's been at the center of the uprisings in Egypt and killings in Libya. This was not a Hollywood film nor did it have anyone credible from the film industry involved in it. But it exposes the secret world of super low-budget filmmaking, where people line up to make $75 a day--or less and actors are exploited. In this case at least one actor was misled on what the film was about and even what it was called. And in the end the actors' lines were dubbed.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Los Angeles Times

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