Well, for over a half century,
director Roger Corman made more than 300 films,
some better than others. We learned this weekend that Corman
died at home in Santa Monica,
CA. He was 98. CBS Elise Preston has more.
Can't be called classic. War of the Satellites is just
one of the hundreds of films that made Roger Corman
king of B movies.
The rogue filmmaker with his not so special effects and
dubious dialogue.
Have nowhere to run, Turned out his independent movies at
warp speed,
often in under 10 days.
Born in 1926, the Detroit native earned an engineering degree
from Stanford and served in the Navy before Hollywood.
You're the one who wanted to go monster hunting,
Corman said. He never spent more than $100,000 a picture.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences joked that
he could use a public phone to negotiate a contract,
shoot the film in the phone booth and pay for
it with the coins in the change slot.
Beast with a million eyes,
the good humored film makers,
spoke about his style in 2012 on CBS Sunday Morning.
There are a few of my films in which there
was no level of meaning underneath the entertainment whatsoever.
You will go out and.
And find me some food mixed in with what some
called schlock classics,
like Little Shop of Horrors starring an unknown Jack Nicholson.
He would help launch and develop many other A listers.
Corman received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 2009.
I really was surprised I make low budget films.
They will not give an Academy Award to somebody who
makes low budget film.
The humble legend, according to his family,
wanted to be remembered as a filmmaker.
Just that. Elise Preston, CBS News Los Angeles.