![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Alas, Arkush reports that footage of the band singing “I Wanna Be Sedated” was long ago scrapped by the penny-pinching producer. When breasts start popping out in “Big Bad Mama,” Angie Dickinson chuckles on the commentary track, “Oh, Roger, you always make things so interesting.” “It’s the cheapest special effect,” he chuckles right back.Ĭorman gave his filmmakers a lot of latitude, caving to helmer Allan Arkush’s insistence that “Disco High” be renamed “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School,” then readily agreeing to cast the Ramones for $25,000 total. “In lieu of money, we used a lot of imagination,” says Corman, who posits that auds will stick with you if you show them something wild and original. And Corman bought a bunch of old VWs to be fashioned into futuristic race cars in “Death Race 2000” because sports car designers had just started putting engines in the rear. Thus “Big Bad Mama” director Steve Carver had period cars painted a different color on each side so they could appear to be two different vehicles, while the “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School” crew charged extras for three Ramones “concerts” at the Roxy, risking mutiny from L.A. Necessity was definitely the mother of invention on these 1970s movies, where filming was crammed into marathon spurts and actors hired because they would supply their own costumes. ![]()
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