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Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, And Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman, King Of The B-Movie (2013)

by Chris Nashawaty(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1419706691 (ISBN13: 9781419706691)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Abrams

review 1: Oral history about famed B-film maker Roger Corman, who is also known for the talent he helped nurture (Nicholson, De Niro, Demme, Ron Howard). Fun to read, but very repetitive. Anecdote are often presented three times in the space of just a few pages: once by the person interviewed, once in a caption to a picture, and once in the short introductory chapters to each section. Most fun are all the full-color reproductions of Corman movie posters.
review 2: The author did a wonderful job pulling together movie posters, photos, and interviews with many of the actors, writers, and directors who worked with Roger Corman over his long career. The King of the B movies produced horror movies, biker movies, girls in prison movies, you name it. He also brought the work of... more critically acclaimed European directors to the States. Wonderful anecdotes--William Shatner was shy about doing a nude scene with Angie Dickinson. Worth purchasing just for the reproductions of the movie posters. less

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