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How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime - by Roger Corman (Paperback)

How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime - by  Roger Corman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A splendidly instructive and entertaining contribution to film history and a quick lesson on the efficient showstring style of filmmaking by a maverick genius of innovation and exploitation. . . . Corman teaches, as well as delights".--"Choice". 39 photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In these pages <b>Roger Corman, </b> the most successful independent filmmaker in Hollywood relates his experiences as the director and/or producer of such low-budget classics <i>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, </i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Roger Corman</b> founded the film company AIP, and has directed and/or produced such low-budget classics as <i>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, </i> and many others.

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