Episode 776 - Roger Corman / G.J. Echternkamp

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2017

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Roger Corman made hundreds of films and gave huge opportunities to filmmakers who became the best Hollywood has to offer. Now, at 90 years old, Roger joins Marc to look back at his career of high concepts and low budgets. Plus, hear from a young director, G.J. Echternkamp, who just went through the full Corman experience while making Roger's latest film, Death Race 2050.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.0	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fuck in here is, what the fuck
0:14.9	nicks, what the fuck in deluxe, whichever one you choose to be.
0:19.2	I am Mark Marin, this is WTF.
0:21.4	Thank you for being here.
0:23.0	Pretty big show today.
0:24.7	In terms of a lot of stuff.
0:26.8	My guest today is Roger Corman, the filmmaker and film producer and a mythic being in the
0:36.1	history of motion pictures.
0:38.2	Primarily known for his incredibly low budgets, his B movies, his horror movies, his incredibly
0:45.7	quick shooting schedule.
0:47.4	But also for employing a great many of the prominent people in show business, both as actors
0:58.2	and directors, Ron Howard, Jack Nicholson, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, people
1:05.5	I've had on this show.
1:07.4	He's just in Jonathan Demi, Joe Dante, Vincent Price, through him on at the end.
1:13.6	But anyways, Roger Corman has this film coming out.
1:17.8	It is Death Race 2050.
1:22.1	It's going to be available on DVD, Blu-ray, and on demand on January 17th.
1:26.3	But I just wanted the opportunity, because I got it to talk to this guy, because so many
1:32.5	of my guests have talked about him.
1:33.7	So that's coming up.
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