ROGER CORMAN: HOLLYWOOD'S WILD ANGEL
D: Christian Blackwood (1978) ¢ ¢ ¢
B-movie mogul Roger Corman talks about his approach to making films - make 'em fast, make 'em cheap, and make sure they make money - while David Carradine, Peter Fonda, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme and others tell what it was like to start out working for Corman. Corman directed a bunch of movies - most notably a series of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations for American International - but his most profound impact was as a producer with an eye for young talent and an impeccable sense of what a mostly young audience out there wanted to see. "Night of the Blood Beast", "Burial of the Rats", "Teenage Cave Man" and "Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader" are all movies that would not exist without Roger Corman. The world would be poorer without them, don't you think?
