In this autobiography, Roger Corman, the independent Hollywood film maker, relates his experiences as the director and/or producer of low-budget movies such as 'Attack of the Crab Monsters', 'The Little Shop of Horrors', 'The Man with the X-ray Eyes', 'The Wild Angels', 'Bloody Mama' and 'Piranha'.
In these pages Roger Corman, the most successful independent filmmaker in Hollywood relates his experiences as the director and/or producer of such low-budget classics Attack of the Crab Monsters, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Raven, The ...
Maverick director and producer Roger Corman offers an account of his offbeat Hollywood career and his role as the successful purveyor of low-budget B movies
How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime
This revealing autobiography details Roger Corman's rise from Twentieth Century-Fox messenger to antistudio maverick and producer of low-budget "exploitation" films.
A pioneer of independent cinema, Roger Corman is a fascinating study in contrasts.
Takes a look at a pioneering independent filmmaker who has produced more than 250 films on shoestring budgets (nearly all of them successful) and influenced a generation of filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese.
As an enthusiastic ode to colorful, seat-of-your-pants filmmaking, this one’s hard to beat.” —Booklist (starred review) “Fantastic—a treasure.” —Stephen King Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses is an ...
This publication is a major evaluation of the 1970s American cinema, including cult film directors such as Bogdanovich Altman and Peckinpah.
It’s loaded with behind-the-scenes stories: like setting his face on fire during the making of Phantasm, hearing Bruce Campbell’s most important question before agreeing to star in Bubba Ho-tep, and crafting a horror thriller into a ...
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