Cinema
Roger Corman, the historic director died: his 12 most famous films
The historic American director passed away on May 9th, but the news came only a few days later. “His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic and captured the spirit of an era,” the family said. Jack Nicholson, Mickey Rooney and Steve Martin worked for him in some of his most famous films, such as “Little Shop of Horrors”, “5 for Glory” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”. The last film directed is from 1990 and is called “Frankenstein Beyond the Frontiers of Time”
THE NEWS – Are so many the well-known films of director and producer Roger Cormana true icon of b-movies, where he ranged between genres such as western, horror, science fiction and comedy. Corman passed away at the age of 98 on May 9th at his home in Santa Monica, California, but the family preferred to announce it a few days later. “His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic – we read in a family note quoted by Variety – and captured the spirit of an era.” Mickey Rooney, Jack Nicholson and Steve Martin worked for him
THE LIFE OF A GANGSTER (1959) – One of the first films directed by Corman talks about the life and “career” of Joe Sante (Steve Cochran), crime boss: a film where there is a lot of space the relationship with his parents as well as his relationship with his beloved Teresa (Lita Milan)
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD (1960) – Among the most iconic films of Corman (so much so that today it is preserved in National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress), tells of the psychological suffering of an aristocrat and his sister, confined to their manor. The first, determined to chase away the woman’s boyfriend and put an end to what he believes to be a family curse, will devise a perverse plan. Starring Vincent Pricea true icon of the genre, and Mark Damon
