MUTANTVILLE PRODUCTIONS » Roger Corman http://www.geoswanko.com/mutantvilleblog Changing the face of independent horror. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 THE DIG: Much Ado About Roger Corman’s Oscar http://www.geoswanko.com/mutantvilleblog/818/the-dig-much-ado-about-roger-cormans-oscar/ http://www.geoswanko.com/mutantvilleblog/818/the-dig-much-ado-about-roger-cormans-oscar/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:44:38 +0000 Streebo http://www.geoswanko.com/mutantvilleblog/?p=818 roger-corman-1From The Dig by J. Riddle:  Roger Corman has been called a lot of things. Shrewd. Miserly. Maverick. He’s been given titles like King of the Cult Film, King of the B-Movies, and the Pope of Pop Cinema. The last is probably the most appropriate, and not just because it sounds cool and Corman says he likes it. For over 50 years, Corman’s particular breed of low-budget, action-oriented, socially conscious exploitation fare has graced the cinema, to the persistent delight of audiences and, in turn, to his significant profit. He’s brought his talents to bear on every genre under the sun, and has even invented a few of his own. He has a finely-tuned eye for talent–it’s only a little exaggeration to say it would be easier to list the big name Hollywood directors, writers, actors of recent decades who didn’t get their start with Corman than those who did.

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From yahoo-news:

LOS ANGELES – Roger Corman, memorably dubbed “the Orson Welles of the Z-Movie” and “the Pope of Pop Cinema,” never expected the words “Academy Award recipient” would accompany his name.

The man, whose 350 movie credits include such low-budget fare as “The Masque of the Red Death” and “X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes,” is receiving an honorary Oscar for a lifetime of achievement that includes mentoring such filmmakers as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and Ron Howard.

Corman, 83, said he was aware the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was considering him for the honor. He felt certain he would not make the cut, though.

“I predicted that I would not win because I make low-budget films, and I felt the academy would not give an award to someone who made low-budget films. I was truly surprised when I got the call,” Corman said in an interview at the offices of his production and distribution outfit, New Horizons Pictures.
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