#fighting mad

[greensparty]

Remembering Roger Corman 1926-2024

This one hurts! One of the giants of indie film Roger Corman has died at 98. While he might have been known for B movies, his influence is immeasurable to all movies (A-Z).

If there was some sort of an It's a Wonderful Life scenario where we could see what life would be like if Corman hadn't been born, the entire history of film would look very different. As a producer / director / writer, he discovered and gave early career breaks to Jack Nicholson, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Joe Dante, Ron Howard, Alan Arkush, John Sayles, James Cameron, Gale Ann Hurd and countless others. In 2010 when Corman received an honorary Academy Award, Quentin Tarantino did the tribute. Afterwards QT posed for a photo with many of Corman's proteges and made reference to feeling like he was an honorary member of the Corman Film School!

Demme directing Corman in Silence of the Lambs. The student became the master!

But most notably for me is that he discovered one of my favorite filmmakers of all time Jonathan Demme. Early Corman-produced films that Demme worked on included Angels Hard as They Come, and The Hot Box. Then the first three features Demme directed were for Corman's New World Pictures: Caged Heat, Crazy Mama, and Fighting Mad. Once he moved on to bigger films, Demme never forgot Corman as he cast him in small roles in Swing Shift, The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, and Rachel Getting Married. One of the things Demme talked about quite often that Corman taught him was that you need to keep the eye engaged in a film, because if the eye gets bored, the brain (and the viewer) will too, and also that the picture will only be as strong as the hero and antagonist. In 2010 when Demme received an award from Coolidge Corner Theatre, Corman was in attendance and spoke as well. My friend Jake Mulligan taught a class about Corman at the Coolidge a few years ago and had a section about Demme and Corman as well.

Bucket of Blood movie poster

In all of this praise about Corman as a producer and the "Corman Film School" of directors he gave early opportunities to, it's easy to overlook his own directing. My favorite of his own films are the underrated A Bucket of Blood (having a lot to say about beatniks and the art world) and The Little Shop of Horrors (featuring Jack Nicholson in an early role as an eager patient).

In my own directing class in college, my professor would often make reference to Corman, not just the themes and ideas in his films but his approach to low-budget filmmaking. If you've ever seen Corman in an interview you can't help but absorb his bits of wisdom.

I'd highly recommend checking out the 2011 documentary Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel for more about the man himself. I included it in my Best Documentaries of the 2010s list.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

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[schlock-luster-video]

On April 29, 1982, Death Force (also released as Fighting Mad) debuted in West Germany.

[annabelle--cane]

perplexes me a bit when people say jmart is a boring healthy ship. they like each other and they're trying their best but this is the "I'm not going to kill a man just because you're jealous" "why not?" / "yes or no, can that fire hurt us?" "define 'hurt'" / "thank you for not hitting me this time" / [grins while using the other as bait without his prior knowledge] / "I knew you couldn't help yourself, you never could" relationship. they're affectionate and they care but fundamentally this dynamic is a game of "for your own good" betrayal chicken. they love each other enough that they could never bear even thinking about separating and this is both tremendously romantic and really, really bad.

[trekkerac]

Wuh oh did they forget that Bill is a threat 👻💀All Frankenghost drawings💀👻

[legallybrunettedotcom]

corporate nightmare 😍

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[drmonkeysetroscans]

Anger.

[the-scarlet-witch-22]

It is so iconic that Agatha became the one thing her toxic ex hates: a ghost

[neitherofusideal]

"While on the run together, which of Will's habits might come to 'annoy' Hannibal and vice versa?"

Mads: "A thousand dogs trailing behind them. It's like the easiest way to spot us. (He would be like) 'Will can you get rid of at least one of them or two of them?'"

Hugh: "He's so fussy. You know, (mimicking Hannibal) 'The cutlery is not straight'."

[greensparty]

Remembering George Armitage and Lynne Marie Stewart

Yesterday we lost two entertainers. Here is my combined remembrance:

Remembering George Armitage 1942-2025

Director / writer / producer George Armitage has died at 83. His best movie IMHO is 1997's crime comedy Grosse Pointe Blank. John Cusack (also a producer and writer) was excellent as a hit man who decides to go back to Grosse Point, MI when he’s invited to his high school reunion. He has to confront the one who got away (Minnie Driver) and his home which is now a convenient store. It also needs to be said that this film pre-dated The Sopranos and Analyze This in showing a hit man seeing a psychiatrist! Also a very good Joe Strummer score.

Cusack and Armitage on set of Grosse Pointe Blank.

Early on in Armitage's career, he got a boost from Roger Corman. He became friends with another Corman protege: Jonathan Demme. Demme cast Armitage in a small role in his debut Caged Heat (which Corman produced), as well as Fighting Mad. Demme later produced Armitage's highly underrated 1990 crime comedy Miami Blues.

Armitage's last film was the Elmore Leonard adaptation The Big Bounce.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

Remembering Lynne Marie Stewart 1946-2025

Actress Lynne Marie Stewart has died at 78. In her early days of comedy she was in The Groundlings with Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Cassandra Peterson. That early collaboration with Reubens was the first of many. She played Miss Yvonne, the most beautiful woman in Puppetland, in Reubens 1981 special The Pee-Wee Herman Show and on TV's Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS 1986-1991). She also appeared in Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Big Top Pee-wee, and Pee-wee's Big Holiday.

Reubens and Stewart and friends

Stewart's passing comes after the passing of co-star John Paragon (Jambi the Geni) in 2021 and Reubens in 2023.

She also had supporting roles in American Graffiti, Young Doctors in Love, Summer School, Moving, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (one of many she did with Elvira), an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Bridesmaids.

The link above is the obit from Extra.

[lil-vibes]

Day 5: Peer into the darkness

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(prompt list here! ) + bonus bc i cant help myself 😔

[schlock-luster-video]

On July 9, 1980, Death Force debuted in France.

[pokeberry5]

i feel like i never draw tim smiling but bb robin tim smiles a lot! (in between angst and tragedy)

brought to you by my continued attempts at figuring out tim’s early robin hair

[nobody-nexus]

Pomniverse Monopoly Be Wack

I love drawing just Pomnis being stupid together

They all have a singular braincell

Carnival Pomni belongs to @sm-baby

Freakshow Pomni belongs to @hootbon

Monster Labs Pomni belongs to @etanow

Wonderland Pomni belongs to @endomentendo

Madness Pomni belongs to @allhailthequeenuwu

Fight Club Pomni belongs to @burrotello

Dance Rush Pomni belongs to me :D

[foolsocracy]

sometimes JPV and Az make me so sad i have to send Bruce out to go get another ward

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