In the world of media, few can only
dream of having the power and the influence that filmmaker and producer Rodger
Corman has had. Most of you may not know who Rodger Corman is, but everyone has
been exposed to him in someway. He has been a moviemaker since the mid 1950’s
and has done the atomic science fiction (It
Conquered the World, Swamp Women),
teen pictures (Rock all Night, Teenage Doll), Gothic Horror (The Raven, The Pit and the Pendulum),
1960’s counter culture films (The Wild
Angels, The Trip) and many other genes though out his long and powerful
career. If like to watch campy
films that will end up on Mystery Science Theater 3000, he has made them. If
you like films are truly pieces of history, he has them. If you want to watch a
very tasteless gory and smutty exploitation film, he has made a number of
those. If which to see an Italian art house pictures, he has his name on a few
of those. As a film writer, director, distributor, and producer for nearly half
a century, his has made a huge influence and cult following in of himself.
But his influence also comes with a
number of people who had worked for had worked for him. Some of the actors that had gotten
their starts with Roger Corman include Jack Nicholson, William Shatner, Peter
Fonda, Robert De Niro, Pam Grier, and Bruce Dern. Directors that have worked
with him include Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Jack Hill, Joe
Dante, James Cameron, and Francis Ford Coppola.
With all these facts in place, a
new documentary has been made about him and it is a must see for anyone who has
any interest in entertainment should watch this movie. It details his movie
career from his start at 20th Century Fox and to his current
projects. The film is called Corman’s
World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel and it fully live up to this title. It
shows his efforts making his own kind of movies. It includes interviews with
some of the names mentioned above and fans of his work. I firmly encourage all
the media students to watch this documentary at least once.
Sources
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel. Roger Corman. 2011.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corman
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000339/
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