The NY Times discusses 13 movies. (One good sentence: "Corman agreed to finance Bogdanovich’s stunning debut feature under the condition that the young director stay under budget and devise a role for Boris Karloff, who still owed him a couple days of work.")
Below, a bunch of Corman tributes, tall tales, and silly monsters:
Get ready for a funeral that will come in on time and under budget https://t.co/vqT3UMrhBd
— Gentleman Doofus (@GentleDoofus) May 12, 2024
Martin Scorsese explains what he learned about preparation and filmmaking from Roger Corman while making BOXCAR BERTHA (1972).
— The Mutant Fam (@TheMutantFam) June 19, 2021
Mike / @MikeVanderbilt @kinky_horror @SetDarcyFree @Shudder #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam pic.twitter.com/mc8ZcbM8lE
Corman shot this in an actual super racist small town, and when they started figuring out what the movie was about they tried to shut it down
— Popeye Otaku (@popeyeotaku) May 12, 2024
The films climax was shot at several different playgrounds as they were literally on the run from the local cops https://t.co/z1KrZab234
I shud also stress that isn't an exaggeration, they wud film a few shots until somebody spotted the cops coming, then jump in the van and run down the highway til they spotted another similar looking swingset
— Popeye Otaku (@popeyeotaku) May 12, 2024
On a Roger Corman kick and he really was a master visualist, huh. pic.twitter.com/TjM2CKCOVR
— Erick Lorinc 🎃 (@ErickLorinc) July 20, 2022
RIP Roger Corman. I just watched Forbidden World for the first time the other night. One of the great joys of b-movies is that they made so damn many that even after watching them for most of my life, there’s still so many left to discover - and half of them are by Roger Corman. pic.twitter.com/UjaSIY78Z9
— Lt. Ken Frankenstein (@KenFrankenstein) May 12, 2024
Raising a glass in honor of all Roger Corman's busted no-budget monster movie monsters, nothing but paper mâché, rubber, and a dream, each beautiful in their own way - RIP the B-Movie God pic.twitter.com/GI1qmHW75f
— christian (@speederaserhead) May 12, 2024
Roger Corman was often cast in cameos by directors he gave early breaks to — including Best Picture winners The Godfather Part II and Silence of the Lambs — but few are as funny as Joe Dante spoofing his frugality by making him a guy literally digging for change in The Howling. pic.twitter.com/KXFosZKAWi
— Christopher Smets (@CWSmets) May 12, 2024