Hello!

As you might imagine, the passing of the great Roger Corman is a major occurrence at Trailers from Hell. The principals behind the site and many of the contributing ‘gurus’ knew Corman well. More than one began their film career working for the man now credited with re-inventing American pop cinema.

If you slip over to Trailers from Hell  you’ll find the beginning of a series of accolades and dedications to the master filmmaker. Corman was himself a CineSavant guru, and frequently commented on his own films.

Joe Dante has also been circulating some terrific Corman-related background links. They seem to be wide open to the public, so I’m passing a couple of them along here.

The first piece up, from 2014, is director Brian Reddin’s hour-long documentary about the film studio that Corman built in Ireland. He had first visited there back in 1962 when Francis Coppola shot Dementia 13. Dig that commentary and subtitles, in Gaelic!

Then there’s this very interesting, very funny Daniel Kramer-made item in honor of Corman, posted two days ago on Vimeo by editor Nathan Boone. An introduction to a ‘Trailer Trash’ screening show, the 17-minute piece is hosted by Roger Corman’s then- trailer gurus Allan Arkush and Joe Dante. We see where they worked, as well as a pile of great photos of other Corman ‘folk’ back in the day — and get to hear Joe and Allan’s top ten ‘crazy working for Roger stories.’ It’s a winner.

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson