Tag Archives: Roger Corman

stone genius

by Art Chantry: john carpenter is one of my favorite directors. the guy does some some stinkers, yes. but, like roger corman, he never loses money. he penny-pinches and lowballs and craftily compromises to meet his low low budgets. he … Continue reading

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the sinister and dreadful “yes”

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Vincent Price (1911-1993)! Erudite and eloquent, possessing a singular elocution that could make a three letter word like “yes” seem sinister and dreadful, or drip with lofty sarcasm. Yet with … Continue reading

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drifting through L.A.

Draw is it pleases you. Back to the hub of a massive American trash culture wheel…. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): Southern California – especially Los Angeles – is the great under-rated stew pot of American popular culture. Sure, the folks who … Continue reading

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THE FLINTSTONES? THESE CAVES WERE MADE FOR TALKING

Adoption Agency Worker: Mr. and Mrs. Rubble, this is your little boy. [Presents Bamm-Bamm] Betty Rubble: Oh Barney isn’t he precious? Fred Flintstone: Precious? They’d have been better off with the monkey. Wilma Flintstone: Fred! Betty Rubble: Does he have … Continue reading

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