Program Type:
Film ClubAge Group:
AdultsProgram 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