Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Virtual Film Club

Each month we pick a culturally or historically significant film for library patrons to watch and discuss. Watch the film on your own time, then meet with our virtual film club to discuss the film on Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom Invites will be sent out via email.

Event Details

This months film is The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), directed by Roger Corman

Additional Resources:

GENERAL

Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY2KCl79Do8

TCM Page: https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81592/the-little-shop-of-horrors#overview

REVIEWS

TCM Comments (Ben Mankiewicz) [intro and outro]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFMPjXCsrbA (4 minutes)

Cinefantastique (Steve Biodrowski) (2010): http://blog.cinefantastiqueonline.com/wordpress/the-little-shop-of-horrors-a-50th-anniversary-celebration-of-1960/

Film Inquiry (Danny Anderson) (2020): https://www.filminquiry.com/little-shop-of-horrors-1960-review/?expand_article=1

The Process Shot [animated] (2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ot6ryFlI8 (4 minutes)

Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson) (2013): https://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/digitalwatch/rifftraxlsoh.shtml
Eye for Film (Jennie Kermode) (2008): https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-little-shop-of-horrors-film-review-by-jennie-kermode
 

Roger Corman talks about making The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) in 2 only days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNL7bb6CE4U (3 minutes)

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR (Roger Corman)

Senses of Cinema: http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2006/great-directors/corman/

Roger Corman saluted by fans at Beyond Fest (Los Angeles Times, 10-02-2023): https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-10-02/ron-howard-joe-dante-salute-roger-corman-beyond-fest

2022 Interview: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/roger-corman/roger-corman-career-interview-movies-shout-factory-mcu-poe-cycle-directing

NPR Interview (2010): https://www.npr.org/2010/08/03/128873305/repertoire-of-horrors-the-films-of-roger-corman

“10 Lessons on Filmmaking from Roger Corman” (2015): https://filmmakermagazine.com/95125-10-lessons-on-filmmaking-from-roger-corman/

“10 Ways …Roger Corman Changed Filmmaking” (2011): https://www.wired.com/2011/12/roger-corman/

OTHER RESOURCES

Books:

791.43  Corman, Roger. How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime (1989)

791.43  Nashawaty, Chris. Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman: King of the B Movie (2013)
 

All links current as of 10-12-2023