rostasi Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Roger Corman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Thanks rostasi! Great obit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Wow. Watched “The Intruder" this morning not realizing that he was still alive. And now he's not. Crazy. RIP to somebody who contributed in so many ways, a giver not a taker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted May 12 Author Report Share Posted May 12 2 minutes ago, GA Russell said: Thanks rostasi! Great obit. You're welcome. I was just surprised that he was still around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 What about Russ Myer, is he still around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 I remember a great Corman quote. He was giving instructions to a new young director, and said something like this: Imagine how much you'd have to spend to make this scene come out great. Now, imagine how much you'd have to spend to make the scene come out OK. Now, imaging how much it would cost to simply get the image onto film. That's what I want you to spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted May 12 Author Report Share Posted May 12 4 hours ago, JSngry said: What about Russ Myer, is he still around? No, Russ Meyer died about 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 RIP. 1970s Auteur Cinema would not exist as we know it without him. And those fantastic Les Baxter scores! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Corman was an underrated satirist, among his many other accomplishments. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065760/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 I know there are folks around here who like B movies even more than I do, and Corman really was the king. I read recently that he made the original "Little Shop of Horrors" in two days plus a little! And yet, that's a wonderful movie! And all those fun Poe movies! What a wonderful career! RIP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Definitely a significant figure in cinema history...in multiple ways. R.I.P., Mr. Corman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 I remember reading a story about him in a bio I read a long time ago . Someone happened to be on the same plane he was on while he was on the way to some long flight to a third world country to do a shoot. The person was amazed to see Corman seated in the third class section, surrounded by very bad conditions. His friend said to him, "Roger, what are you doing sitting back here?" He answered, "Just trying to save a buck." If one of his films got finished early, he was famous for immediately filming another entire movie using the same actors, set and crew for a huge discount on all three; even if no one knew they were making two movies back to back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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