Roger Corman to Receive Honorary Oscar
Share on FacebookGreat news for fans of low budget auteur Roger Corman! (among which I count myself)
According to Studio Briefing, the legendary producer/director/mentor to a number of important directors will
receive an honorary Oscar at next year's Academy Awards. The article suggests, interesting and accurately, that none of his 400 movies would ever be considered for an Oscar (even if you do like HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP, it's not along the lines of THE ENGLISH PATIENT or GANDHI). So this is a huge deal for genre fans. I think they're more likely honoring him for his legacy, which includes proteges such as Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, James Cameron and Jonathan Demme, all of whom have won Oscars.
I'll argue that Roger Corman has had an important influence on the film industry, even if his catalogue has not. It's nice to see a legend get honored, even if his legend is one of notoriety, based on how to make the most cheapjack films be of the best quality possible. And it's nice that this news comes on Friday the 13th, the same day where the last episode of his web exclusive SPLATTER appears on the net via Netflix.
Read the full Studio Briefing article here, and check out SPLATTER here.
--Phil Fasso
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The screenplays were a trick by Mama Gaia. A promise of Soma for the Asuras who invaded heaven and earth. While you were distracted, all pre-production activities were complete, the War in Heaven, won, Judgments of first and second born done and chains distributed to all deserving before the gates were closed to the Underworld. Kali, Durga did rise and regain control of the heavens and underworlds. Kali handed Shiva the Batenberg Baton from the River Eridanus whereby he did rise from the dead atop the Lagoon Nebula in 2007. I am the riddle of the first page of the Sibylline Oracles, can you discern me? The one who wrote the screenplays that produced neither coin nor credit for me, but I was able to identify you.
Posted by: JAMBS | November 23, 2009 03:45 PM
Roger Corman rocks! Did you know that he’s going to be in a new episode of FEARnet's "Post Mortem with Mick Garris”. What’s really cool is that FEARnet also posted an interview that Mick Garris did with Corman back in the day. It’s really interesting. Anybody check it out?
Posted by: sarahbr11 | July 30, 2010 11:34 PM
His interview on "Post Mortem" was awesome! Roger Corman is so intelligent, truly one of the great minds of Hollywood, I think. I'm such a fan of his movies. Definitely check out the interview on FEARnet.
Posted by: sarahbr11 | August 3, 2010 10:05 PM