[Giants]

Roger Corman, 98, died last Thursday.  We cannot allow his passing to occur without an acknowledgement of the debt my generation owes him for his vast filmography.  Countless Saturdays in the late 50’s and early 60’s were spent at the Alameda Theatre watching a double feature of movies produced and/or directed by Corman, including the memorable Edger Allan Poe series, starring Vincent Price. 

Reading his obituary was like reading a slice of the history of the film industry.  

A life well lived…….

[Giants]

Roger Corman, 98, died last Thursday.  We cannot allow his passing to occur without an acknowledgement of the debt my generation owes him for his vast filmography.  Countless Saturdays in the late 50’s and early 60’s were spent at the Alameda Theatre watching a double feature of movies produced and/or directed by Corman, including the memorable Edger Allan Poe series, starring Vincent Price. 

Reading his obituary was like reading a slice of the history of the film industry.  

A life well lived…….

[Mick]

Corman also attended Oxford. Had an industrial engineering degree from Stanford (spent his soph and junior years at U/Colorado) and worked at General Motors for four days. Corman said the IE degree helped him make over 300 movies. Fostered the careers of Coppola, Scorsese, Stallone, Ron Howard, James Cameron, John Carpenter, Peter Bogdanovich, Gale Ann Hurd, Jonathan Demme, many others. Had a very young Jack Nicholson in eight of his of his early movies, and employed actors as varied as Peter Fonda, Charles Bronson, Vincent Price, John Hurt, Robert DeNiro, Bruce Dern, William Shatner, Boris Karloff and Michael Hutchence (lead singer of INXS). First movie starred Joan Bennett. Overseas, he worked with Truffaut, Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman and Herzog. Had cameos in Godfather II, Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia. Won a 2009 lifetime achievement Oscar.

NPR: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/12/521916134...dies-at-98
NY Daily News: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/12/r...r-dead-98/
Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies...235896846/
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17127556
NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/movie...-dead.html

[Mick]

Corman also attended Oxford. Had an industrial engineering degree from Stanford (spent his soph and junior years at U/Colorado) and worked at General Motors for four days. Corman said the IE degree helped him make over 300 movies. Fostered the careers of Coppola, Scorsese, Stallone, Ron Howard, James Cameron, John Carpenter, Peter Bogdanovich, Gale Ann Hurd, Jonathan Demme, many others. Had a very young Jack Nicholson in eight of his of his early movies, and employed actors as varied as Peter Fonda, Charles Bronson, Vincent Price, John Hurt, Robert DeNiro, Bruce Dern, William Shatner, Boris Karloff and Michael Hutchence (lead singer of INXS). First movie starred Joan Bennett. Overseas, he worked with Truffaut, Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman and Herzog. Had cameos in Godfather II, Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia. Won a 2009 lifetime achievement Oscar.

NPR: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/12/521916134...dies-at-98
NY Daily News: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/12/r...r-dead-98/
Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies...235896846/
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17127556
NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/movie...-dead.html

[newguy]

i've always liked the man.  he'll be missed.

[newguy]

i've always liked the man.  he'll be missed.

[82lsju]

from the Stanford Magazine in 1997

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/movie-maverick

[82lsju]

from the Stanford Magazine in 1997

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/movie-maverick