Overview
Crab Monsters is supplemented with dozens of full-color reproductions of classic Corman movie posters; behind-the-scenes photographs and ephemera (many taken from Cormanās personal archive); and critical essays on Cormanās most daring filmsāincluding The Intruder, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Big Doll Houseā that make the case for Corman as an artist like no other.
Praise for Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses:
āThis new coffee table book, brimming with outrageous stills from many of Cormanās hundreds of films, looks at the wild career of the starmaker who was largely responsible for so much of the Hollywood we know today.ā āNew York Post
āVividly illustrated.ā āPeople
āAn enthusiastic ode to colorful, seat-of-your-pants filmmaking, this oneās hard to beat.ā āBooklist (starred review)
āIt includes in-depth aesthetic appreciations of ten of Cormanās movies, which, taken together, make a compelling case for Corman as an artist.ā āHollywood.com
āAuthor Nashawaty deftly describes how Cormanās legacy is far more nuanced than most realize.ā āAmerican Way magazine
āOutrageously entertaining . . .āĀ āParade magazine
āEndlessly fascinating.ā āPopMatters.com
āYouād think itād be impossible for any writer to put together a Roger Corman biography that's anywhere near as fun as his movies, but Entertainment Weekly writer/critic Chris Nashawaty has done just that.āĀ āComplex magazine
This book title, Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses (Roger Corman: King of the B Movie), ISBN: 9781419706691, by Chris Nashawaty, John Landis, published by Abrams (September 10, 2013) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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