“Death Race 2000” is Roger Corman-style cinematography! An ultra-popular cult film from the 70s that was low-budget but surprisingly destructive.

"Death Race 2000" synopsis

In the 21st century, America has become a dictatorship, and a terrifying race across the American continent is held, which is extremely popular among the people, and racers fight to the death. It's not just a competition for speed. The winner is determined by the number of people they can kill during the race. This race was called the "Death Race" and was truly a race of death. The race car of the future is a murder car! And the person who becomes the champion will reign over the people as a superhero who should rival the president! ! Those who govern the country are not politicians. He is the strongest human being! !

Index

• A fantastic cross-continent race from the king of B-movies!
• Why are Corman and his works so beloved?
• Roger Corman's appearance in an unexpected masterpiece

A cult masterpiece by Roger Corman, the king of B-movies.

Everywhere in the world there are people with nicknames such as "The King of..." or "The God of...", but in the film industry, there is no king who is loved by both people in the industry and the audience as much as this man. I don't think anyone else would.

People call Roger Corman the "king of B-movies" and the "pope of popular cinema." To date, he has produced over 400 works. In the 1990s, he published an autobiography called ``How I Made 100 Movies in Hollywood and Didn't Lose a Dime'', and from this title you can already tell that he is the ``emperor.'' He frankly explains the reason.

It is often said that ``filmmaking is like gambling.'' However, Roger Corman has nothing to do with gambling. Management is extremely solid. Still, the taste of the movie is unconventional. Within the framework of a low budget, it packs in plenty of action, eroticism, and violence that the audience instinctively ``want to see!'' Even though it is sometimes ridiculed as ``pornography'' in that sense, it is a film that allows viewers to follow their own passions. We have pushed forward and made solid profits. In that sense, he is undoubtedly ``the strongest independent film producer.''

Among the cult works he has released into the world, the futuristic film ``Death Race 2000'' produced in 1975 is one of the most praised and popular.

The setting is America in 2000. The story is about eccentric characters getting into their own modified cars and driving across the continent from New York to Los Angeles, running over and killing a large number of people, and competing for speed and points. The entire movie is full of low-budget car action and violence, as well as erotic scenes featuring naked men and women, but the fact that this crazy race is sponsored by the president makes fun of the politics of the time. There may have been an aim to do so, and it may also have been a satire on the general public's love of violence, which remains the same throughout the ages.

Why are Corman and his works so beloved?