Director Roger Corman On What He Thinks Of The Term Schlock | SYFY WIRE

Roger Corman has been called many things - prolific amongst them - including the moniker "The King of Schlock." But what does he think of that? He tells us - and reflects on his career.

More About Roger Corman: Roger William Corman is an American independent film producer, director, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du cinéma, in 1964 Corman was the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française, as well as the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award.

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[ironmanjakarta]

Corman is exactly like the movie moguls back in the day. They didnt have the money studios have now but they still tried to make the best movies they could with the money they had.