The Cinematography Of Roger Corman
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Author | : Pawel Aleksandrowicz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Motion picture producers and directors |
ISBN | : 9781443899475 |
"Roger Corman is an ambiguous artistic figure. On the one hand, he is notorious for shooting and producing his films quickly, cheaply and with blatant disregard for safety measures, which, together with his ability to issue a dozen new films every year and his impressive filmography, have earned him the titles of "shlockmeister" and "the King of the B's" among film journalists. On the other hand, he became the youngest American director to be given a film retrospective at the prestigious Cin�mat�que Fran�aise in Paris, one of his directorial efforts - House of Usher - was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him with an Academy Honorary Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers."This book investigates this duality and explores whether Corman is indeed a shlockmeister or an artist whose works are worthy of the highest cinema awards. The scope of analysis is limited to his directorial efforts "only" - still encompassing 50 features - excluding the 400 films he produced. The methodology adopted here is based on the auteur theory in its structuralist version by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and Peter Wollen, and focuses on three areas of interest: work ethic - personal elements in the films, personal control over and commitment to the production process outside direction; themes - topics and concerns common for many of the films regardless of the genre; and style - recurring stylistic motifs and elements in the camerawork, editing, and framing."
Author | : Pawel Aleksandrowicz |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2016-09-23 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 144384361X |
Roger Corman is an ambiguous artistic figure. On the one hand, he is notorious for shooting and producing his films quickly, cheaply and with blatant disregard for safety measures, which, together with his ability to issue a dozen new films every year and his impressive filmography, have earned him the titles of “shlockmeister” and “the King of the B’s” among film journalists. On the other hand, he became the youngest American director to be given a film retrospective at the prestigious Cinématèque Française in Paris, one of his directorial efforts – House of Usher – was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him with an Academy Honorary Award “for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers.” This book investigates this duality and explores whether Corman is indeed a shlockmeister or an artist whose works are worthy of the highest cinema awards. The scope of analysis is limited to his directorial efforts “only” – still encompassing 50 features – excluding the 400 films he produced. The methodology adopted here is based on the auteur theory in its structuralist version by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and Peter Wollen, and focuses on three areas of interest: work ethic – personal elements in the films, personal control over and commitment to the production process outside direction; themes – topics and concerns common for many of the films regardless of the genre; and style – recurring stylistic motifs and elements in the camerawork, editing, and framing.
Author | : Alan G. Frank |
Publisher | : B. T. Batsford Limited |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
As well as providing detailed information on all of Corman's films, this A to Z of Roger Corman's works also covers early films by some of his proteges, including Francis Ford Coppola, Joe Dante, Jonathan Demme and Martin Scorsese.
Author | : Roger Corman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Motion picture producers and directors |
ISBN | : 9781617031656 |
Collected interviews with the acclaimed Hollywood director
Author | : Beverly Gray |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781560255550 |
A pioneer of independent cinema, Roger Corman is a fascinating study in contrasts. As the original King of the Exploitation Film, he has filled his movies with images of blood-sucking vampires, rampaging biker gangs, vigilante strippers, and abducting aliens, all while producing each of his four-hundred-plus films on a shoestring budget and making a profit on nearly every one. In the process, Corman became the role model for today’s independent filmmaker. This guru with a vision has also demonstrated an uncanny eye for talent, being among the first to recognize and employ the abilities of Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante, Ron Howard, John Sayles, and James Cameron to name but a few. Through interviews with eighty of Corman’s friends and associates and photographs, Beverly Gray takes you behind the cameras and into the heart of Cormanville for a firsthand, insider’s look at the man and the mogul, providing a compelling private and public perspective on this soft-spoken giant of the cinema.
Author | : Mark Whitehead |
Publisher | : No Exit Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Motion picture producers and directors |
ISBN | : 9781904048107 |
Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. The king of B-movies, Roger Corman directed about 50 movies between 1954 and 1970, including The Little Shop of Horrors, The Masque of the Red Death, A Bucket of Blood, and Attack of the Crab Monster, and influenced such A-list directors as Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Ron Howard, and Francis Ford Coppola. This book traces Corman's career through the exploitation movie industry and reviews all of his films. It also examines films he produced, and provides biographies of all the actors and filmmakers whose work with Corman acted as a springboard to stardom.
Author | : Mark Thomas McGee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Best remembered for his 60s Vincent Price/Edgar Allan Poe films and other cult classics, Corman dabbed in anything for a quick buck. But his films were often highly innovative and exciting. Each is covered here in depth; a biography of Corman is included, along with bios of his stock players--all profusely illustrated.
Author | : Roger Corman |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1998-08-22 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780306808746 |
In these pages Roger Corman, the most successful independent filmmaker in Hollywood relates his experiences as the director and/or producer of such low-budget classics Attack of the Crab Monsters, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Raven, The Man with the X-ray Eyes, The Wild Angels, The Trip, Night Call Nurses, Bloody Mama, Piranha, and many others. He also discusses his distribution of the Bergman, Fellini, and Truffaut movies that later won Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Film category. Corman alumni—John Sayles, Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, Vincent Price, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Fonda, Joe Dante, and Jonathan Demme, among others—contribute their recollections to give added perspective to Corman's often hilarious, always informative autobiography.
Author | : Roger Corman |
Publisher | : Facts On File |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alain Silver |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
From a certain perspective, Corman just might be one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of motion pictures. That's because, along the way to directing and producing more than 200 films, he ran a de facto school for young filmmakers, the alumni of which have garnered more awards and made more money than any other group in film history. Illustrated.