Cu003ciu003erab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses u003c/iu003eis an outrageously rollicking account of the life and career of Roger Cormanone of the most prolific and successful independent producers, directors, and writers of all time, and self-proclaimed king of the B movie. As told by Corman himself and graduates of The Corman Film School, including Peter Bogdanovich, James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, and Martin Scorsese, this comprehensive oral history takes readers behind the scenes of more than six decades of American cinema, as now-legendary directors and actors candidly unspool recollections of working with Corman, continually one-upping one another with tales of the years before their big breaks.u003cbru003eu003ciu003eCrab Monsters u003c/iu003eis supplemented with dozens of full-color reproductions of classic Corman movie posters; behind-the-scenes photographs and ephemera (many taken from Corman's personal archive); and critical essays on Corman's most daring filmsincludingu003ciu003eThe Intruderu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eLittle Shop of Horrorsu003c/iu003e, and u003ciu003eThe Big Doll Houseu003c/iu003e that make the case for Corman as an artist like no other.u003cbru003eu003cbru003ePraise for u003ciu003eCrab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses: u003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eThis new coffee table book, brimming with outrageous stills from many of Corman's hundreds of films, looks at the wild career of the starmaker who was largely responsible for so much of the Hollywood we know today.u003ciu003eNew York Postu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eVividly illustrated. u003ciu003ePeople u003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eAn enthusiastic ode to colorful, seat-of-your-pants filmmaking, this one's hard to beat.u003ciu003eBooklistu003c/iu003e (starred review)u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIt includes in-depth aesthetic appreciations of ten of Corman's movies, which, taken together, make a compelling case for Corman as an artist. Hollywood.comu003cbru003eu003cbru003eAuthor Nashawaty deftly describes how Corman's legacy is far more nuanced than most realize.u003ciu003eu003c/iu003eu003ciu003eAmerican Wayu003c/iu003e magazineu003cbru003eu003cbru003eOutrageously entertaining . . . u003ciu003eParadeu003c/iu003e magazineu003cbru003eu003cbru003eEndlessly fascinating. PopMatters.comu003cbru003eu003cbru003eYou'd think it'd be impossible for any writer to put together a Roger Corman biography that's anywhere near as fun as his movies, butu003ciu003eEntertainment Weeklyu003c/iu003e writer/critic Chris Nashawaty has done just that. u003ciu003eComplex u003c/iu003emagazine
