Low budget opened up to see the guts.

Hardback or softcover, if you are into movies you need to buy a copy of this, read it, set it aside for a year, then read it again-- it will seem like a whole new book with some time to mature in your mind.

Roger Corman was supposed to be an engineer, but somehow wound up lucking into movies, created a whole new "make it and run" methodology of movie making, and started the careers of a large slice of Hollywood, including some of the biggest names. Reading the book, watching the movies, then going back and reading on the "how" it happened makes the movie more interesting, more fun, and makes you wonder just how he managed to do this kind of thing.

Buy.

Read.

Enjoy.

How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost

Before Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Terrentino, hell before Jack Nicholson was a household name, there was Roger Corman. With over 500 movies driected under his belt, Roger Corman is one of the original and most successful independent filmmaker ever to grace God's (or Allah) green earth. This book is biographical in nature and wll not explain the technicalities of a camera but gives you insight as to the struggles, victories, and strange stories that occured on set as well as his personal life. Filled with interviews from names such as Scorcese, this book should be in every filmaker's library.