Roger Corman 1926-2024 / Last Word on Cannes Before It
Launches
ROGER CORMAN 1926-2024
Film pioneer and legend Roger Corman died on Saturday. Among other things, Corman was a Telluride tribute recipient in 2012. That afforded me the opportunity to meet him and express my appreciation for what he had done for the universe of film. It was a brief exchange and he graciously accepted my gratitude.
I'm sure most of the readers of this space are abundantly aware of Corman's legacy in film. The film Stage listed the following as film folk to whom Corman "helped to launch:
Martin Scorsese
Francis Ford Coppola
Jack Nicholson
Robert De Niro
James Cameron
Jonathan Demme
Peter Bogdanovich
John Sayles
Dennis Hopper
Joe Dante
Ron Howard
Bruce Dern
Sylvester Stallone
William Shatner
Here's my photo of meeting Corman in 2012 just outside the Galaxy:
The eulogies and remembrances have been all over social media. They have strongly reminded us of the legacy that Corman leaves behind. You could make the argument that ne was as responsible as anyone for the greatness of the films of the 1970s.
A titan.
Here are Corman obituaries from:
LAST WORD ON CANNES BEFORE IT LAUNCHES
Both The Playlist and The Film Stage have posted lists of Cannes films they regard as most anticipated and so as we head into the two week fest which traditionally crosses over around an average of eight films to TFF each year.
And so, with one more eye toward that here are the films that each source listed that, to me, feel like possibilities for The SHOW.
From both lists (including "Honorable Mentions":
Bird (Arnold)
Emilia Perez (Audiard)
Oh, Canada (Schrader)
The Apprentice (Abassi)
Megalopolis (Coppola)
Parthenope (Sorrentino)
Rumours (Maddin and Johnsons)
Additionally from The Playlist:
Meeting with Pol Pot (Panh)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Rasoulof)
The Most Precious of Cargoes (Hazanavicius)
Additionally from The Film Stage:
Napoleon (Gance)
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