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Post Mortem with Mick Garris

Roger Corman Tribute @ Beyond Fest

Post Mortem with Mick Garris

Dread Central

Arts, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A historic gathering to celebrate a historic man! The all-time great producer Roger Corman was honored by a panel of filmmakers at the Santa Monica Aero Theatre for Beyond Fest 2023. Moderated by our own indelible Mick Garris, the panel consists of Joe Dante, Ron Howard, John Davidson, Allan Arkush, and Amy Holden Jones. They discuss how Roger opened the door to filmmaking for them, and the many lessons they learned in his presence.

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0:00.0

Don't touch that dial.

0:04.0

You're tuned in to the Dread Podcast Network.

0:10.0

You are now listening to post-mortem with Mick Garris, where the most influential

0:18.6

voices in horror cinema will spill their guts to the renowned horror director, writer, and producer.

0:25.0

Now here's your host, Mick Garris.

0:29.0

I'm Mick Garris and this is a very special edition of the post-mortem

0:34.3

podcast. One of the most important figures in the history of horror films is

0:39.3

Roger Corman. He always worked outside the studio system and was quite a renegade filmmaker as well as discovering

0:47.2

amazing talents who, like Roger, made incredibly consequential contributions to the world of cinema in general, but in particular

0:55.2

to the world of horror cinema.

0:58.5

Just a week or so ago, Beyond Fest and the American Cinematech honored Korman with a full day of his movies

1:04.6

capped off by an hour-long conversation

1:07.2

with the 97-year-old Roger

1:09.7

and five of the graduates of Korman University. John Davison, Joe Dante, Alan Arkish, Amy Holden

1:16.3

Jones, and Ron Howard.

1:18.8

I was honored to be the moderator of this stellar and historic panel, and we're excited to bring this

1:24.2

fascinating conversation to you here on post-mortem. A bit of caution because it was

1:30.3

a live event and seven people were using microphones, some of our sound levels may not be of the best quality.

1:36.7

But after a while, you're never going to notice.

1:39.7

So let's all gather together at the Arrow Theater, home of the American Cinematech,

1:44.5

for this loving tribute to an amazing filmmaker and patron of the cinematic arts. hurts.

1:53.0

I'm McGaris and, thank you.

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