Roger Corman x Peter Fonda “The Wild Angels” Before the Dawn of American New Cinema

Graduates of the “Corman School”

The success of this film led Fonda to star in the next film, `` Fantasy in the Daylight '' (1967), which was produced and directed by Corman. He played the role of a TV producer who experiences drugs. This work co-stars Dennis Hopper and the script was written by Jack Nicholson, and is also the work of the trio who would later collaborate on `` Easy Rider .'' The combination of ``The Wild Angels'' and ``Daylight Fantasy'' resulted in the birth of the shocking film ``Easy Rider.'' However, it ended up being produced by a different company.)

"The Wild Angels" stars actor Bruce Dern, who was nominated for an Oscar for his roles in " Homecoming " (1978) and " Nebraska " (13), and his partner, "Wild at Heart " (1990). Oscar nominee Diane Ladd is also in the movie (their daughter is Laura Dern, and Ladd looks exactly like her in her younger years!). In addition, the cast includes actors who would go on to become active in the film industry, including Michael J. Pollard, who played C.W. Moss in ``Bonnie and Clyde .''

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The assistant director is Peter Bogdanovich, who would go on to film The Last Show (1971), and the editor is Monte Hellman, who worked on Disconnection (1971). The music was by Mike Curb, who became the president of MGM Records. Corman's discoveries are reflected in the staff as well.

Corman, who has made more than 500 films in about 50 years, gave many young filmmakers the Being There to work in the film industry and nurtured them as producers.

Those who graduated from the Corman School include Francis Coppola (The The Godfather (1972) series), Martin Scorsese ( Taxi Driver (1976)), and James Cameron ( The Terminator (1984)). , Jonathan Demme (The Silence The Silence of the Lambs (1991)), Ron Howard ( Apollo 13 (1995)), and actors Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone.

With the support of his disciples, he unexpectedly won an honorary Academy Award in 2009.

``The Wild Angels,'' made half a century ago, has a somewhat cheap feel to it, but on the other hand, David Lynch's ``Wild at Heart'' (1990) (starring the aforementioned Laura Dern), I felt like I could find similarities with Tarantino's films and even the immortal British youth film `` A Farewell to Youth '' (1979).

I picked it up at an antique market and smiled as I discovered my own secret way to enjoy it. This might be a book that will make you feel that way.

Text: Sawako Omori

Movie journalist. His books include "Lost Cinema" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha) and other books, and his translations include "Woody" (by D. Evanier, Kinema Junposha). Contributes to magazines such as ``Weekly Women'', ``Music Magazine'', and ``Kinema Junpo''. A research book based on the web series, ``Mini Theater Revisited,'' is also scheduled to be published. ( http://www.gei-shin.co.jp/comunity/18/act19.html )

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"The Wild Angels"

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