Because I didn't go to film school, I had a collection of books that were inspiring or taught me how to make movies, shorts with my friends back in Brooklyn, and one of those books was How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime which is Roger's autobiography. After reading that, I realized that oh my God, this guy is behind all my favorite Pam Grier movies. Oh my God, he made the Vincent Price Poe films that ran on television when I was little. He did Grand Theft Auto. He made Death Race 2000.
I feel like I'm a graduate of the Roger Corman School of Filmmaking. I went and visited Roger on the set of Dinoshark and that's in the movie. That's… - Alex Stapleton
I feel like I'm a graduate of the Roger Corman School of Filmmaking. I went and visited Roger on the set of Dinoshark and that's in the movie. That's…
- Alex Stapleton
Because I didn't go to film school, I had a collection of books that were inspiring or taught me how to make movies, shorts with my friends back in B… - Alex Stapleton
Because I didn't go to film school, I had a collection of books that were inspiring or taught me how to make movies, shorts with my friends back in B…
Peter Fonda was just this clean, cookie-cutter kind of a guy. Roger Corman turned him into the motorcycle man with The Wild Angels. Jack Nicholson, a… - Alex Stapleton
Peter Fonda was just this clean, cookie-cutter kind of a guy. Roger Corman turned him into the motorcycle man with The Wild Angels. Jack Nicholson, a…
If you take a movie like Easy Rider which everyone counts as the beginning of New Hollywood, that is a big movement. And then, when you really dissec… - Alex Stapleton
If you take a movie like Easy Rider which everyone counts as the beginning of New Hollywood, that is a big movement. And then, when you really dissec…
Films are a very tangible thing. It's making something with your hands. I think all of these guys - Roger and the whole cast of this movie - what the… - Alex Stapleton
Films are a very tangible thing. It's making something with your hands. I think all of these guys - Roger and the whole cast of this movie - what the…
Francis Ford Coppola didn't come out of the womb with The Godfather. He had a whole build up until he got to that point. I think it's okay to fail. T… - Alex Stapleton
Francis Ford Coppola didn't come out of the womb with The Godfather. He had a whole build up until he got to that point. I think it's okay to fail. T…
There's a rumbling with young artists and young filmmakers that are dying to get different points of view, different stories, out there. It's all cha… - Alex Stapleton
There's a rumbling with young artists and young filmmakers that are dying to get different points of view, different stories, out there. It's all cha…
There hadn't been one done since the late 70s. I was living in Brooklyn, had no connection to Roger Corman, to no one in this movie. I didn't go to f… - Alex Stapleton
There hadn't been one done since the late 70s. I was living in Brooklyn, had no connection to Roger Corman, to no one in this movie. I didn't go to f…
I think being really open to this new world of online and what it means to be online. Also, understanding that maybe it's time to let go of the 90-mi… - Alex Stapleton
I think being really open to this new world of online and what it means to be online. Also, understanding that maybe it's time to let go of the 90-mi…
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