Unparalleled scout of young talents -Coppola, Scorsese, De Palma, Monte Hellman, Dennis Hopper- Corman is also more than 500 films made or produced over fifty years, and the creation of New World Pictures (1970) devoted to the production and distribution of European works that bring Ingmar Bergman, François Truffaut and Fellini to American viewers.
8 eight signed Corman
His contribution to the 7th art is immense and among his abundant filmography, we can find eight masterpieces of horror and fantasy cinema recently edited by Sidonis Calysta. Made between 1960 and 1964, The Fall of House Usher, The Torture Chamber, The Empire of Terror, The Buried Alive, The Curse of Arkham, The Raven, The Tomb of Ligeia, The Masque of the Red Death are adaptations of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, carried by Vincent Price. The charismatic actor gives the answer to a handful of exceptional actors, Barbara Steele, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Jack Nicholson (in one of his first roles in the cinema) among others…
Box for movie buffs
Available in a Blu-Ray/DVD combo box set, each film is offered in its original version with French subtitles in 2.35 image format and features a presentation by Christophe Gans, Olivier Père, Bertrand Tavernier and Patrick Brion. Included, an unpublished documentary: The world of Corman or the exploits of a rebel in Hollywood and a 152-page book. Indicative price: 99.99 euros.
