There was so much to discuss with Roger Corman that I had to buckle down and focus on just a couple of subjects during our short interview time. I decided to pick marketing which (along with B-horror movies) Corman was the king of in his heyday of the 60s and 70s. There has been a lot of hubbub this year about the idea of internet marketing--which made hits out of unlikely films like Step Up and Snakes on a Plane. 2006 is a big year for Corman, with the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles doing...
If you've never seen Corman's Poe movies with Vincent Price, I highly recommend them. Very stylish period pieces that, while only peripherally based on Poe's actual writing, work quite well.
Roger is a cool cat. New filmmakers should get to him and work with him. I'm surprised there has not been a tattoo clad of sexy SG types in a script attempting to release their misunderstood identities..of course, the story would have to be set in a prison, or in Bakersfield.
courtneyriot
STAFF
Los Angeles, CA
SEP 29, 2006 06:00 AM