Roger Corman Quotes

When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

Multiplex cinema culture has created a level-playing field for directors where small budget movies are able to break even, even make profit.

The success of 'Kick' will help in the marketing of other small budget independent films I have acted in.

I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films.

The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way.

Every film may not be appropriate for a theatrical release, and the theatrical business is not a very good business for anybody except the distributor.

I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies.

You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label.

Usually the films that I do are released theatrically in foreign markets. In the U.S., they're either picked up as HBO premier films or Showtime first-runs. In today's market, in America, you need at least $50 million for your budget to go to the big show, and I'm not quite there yet. But keep watching - maybe someday I will be.

It's easy to get a theatrical release that shows in one theater for a week. But there's no advertising, and no one sees the movie. It's hard to get a real theatrical release. The distribution of independent films is, to me, extraordinarily frustrating.

I remember when I made 'A Scanner Darkly,' going, 'I hope people see it in theater - but I think it's going to be seen in someone's room at two in the morning.' It's that kind of movie. And I would have loved if it had been available on multiple formats at the moment it opened.

I think, it's important to understand how to release a film.

I think of 'Beyond The Clouds' very fondly. Yes, it has not been seen by a lot of people in theatres. I had anticipated more people would watch it. But that has to do with something I don't know well: marketing. A lot of people didn't even know that it was a Hindi film.

The feature film has changed a lot. Art houses are gone and people show a certain type of cinema in the big theaters now that, you know, it's not quite really good for me, and if I made a feature film, I was think I'd play in LA and New York for a week, and then go right to television.

Movie theaters barely make any money. A movie can make a couple of thousand dollars, or could get lucky and make ten or fifteen thousand dollars, but theatrical releases don't really sustain the work. For me, it's the best sort of advertisement for anything else you'd want to do.

I'm really interested in making movies that people see: I've made a lot of independent films and it's really depressing when no one sees them.

Ironically, it's easier to raise the money to make the film than it is to have the film find wide distribution.

In my career, I've never been a box office name. Granted, a couple of my movies have made a lot of money, but I'd do other movies which make very little money, or they're not seen that much.

I make commercial films only. I don't make small, boring films.

The kind of films I am doing are moderately budgeted and are with A-listers.

When you watch a film like 'Warning,' you would realize that it can't be made with stars.

I've always been interested in showing our films to international audiences. The easiest way is through the festival circuit, a big marketing platform for films that aren't big enough to be in the mainstream race.

What is a commercial film? I think every film is commercial, as every film makes money.

I want to do one or two commercial films, but also want to do off-beat movies.