Attack of the Two-Headed Monster!
On art vs commerce & the profitable compromises of Roger Corman
It’s 1975. François Truffaut is back. The Story of Adèle H, his bracing portrait of doomed obsession, is a triumph, earning glowing reviews and an Academy Award nomination for star Isabelle Adjani. Oh, and it turns a small but tidy profit for its US distributor, New World Pictures. Job done.
It’s 1975. Cirio H. Santiago’s Cover Girl Models arrives with a…