We need to take a step back and realize that what happened in the 1950s, when he started his career, is exactly where we are today. Everything goes in a cycle, and right now, distribution is changing. Audiences might be kind of sick of these giant blockbuster movies with all these special effects where blue people are running around and the hero is some non-human entity. These are all great movies, but I think that there's definitely room for new voices to come out.
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…
I shot a lot of stuff that no one will ever see. That was my student work. What also happened was there was a big jump in technology. - Alex Stapleton
I shot a lot of stuff that no one will ever see. That was my student work. What also happened was there was a big jump in technology.
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…
We need to take a step back and realize that what happened in the 1950s, when he started his career, is exactly where we are today. Everything goes i… - Alex Stapleton
We need to take a step back and realize that what happened in the 1950s, when he started his career, is exactly where we are today. Everything goes i…
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