It is hard to explain to people now how hard it was being a punk back then [the 1970s]. If you had short hair, didn't wear bell bottoms and walked down the street, chances are some asshole in an El… — John Roecker Copy Share Image
I wanted to look at how people deal with death. Why is Henry Kissinger not in jail and Charles Manson is? — John Roecker Copy Share Image
Roecker sure is a romantic about certain things, like art and music, though you might not know it from watching Live Freaky! Die Freaky!,… — John Roecker Copy Share Image
Any movie about cult figure Charles Manson needs lots of sex, drugs and blood. But as John Roecker discovered while filming his first feature… — John Roecker Copy Share Image
Manson's the man who's responsible for "killing the Sixties." He really knew how to play up the whole "most dangerous man alive" thing when… — John Roecker Copy Share Image
Writer-director John Roecker's debut, Live Freaky! Die Freaky! will have you convulsing on the floor ... with nausea, laughter, or both. — John Roecker Copy Share Image
I wanted to push the envelope, and I wanted to go so far as to actually offend both the liberals and the right. I… — John Roecker Copy Share Image
It is hard to explain to people now how hard it was being a punk back then [the 1970s]. If you had short hair,… — John Roecker Copy Share Image
Everything that is good in the arts is done by some sort of diversion. — John Roecker Copy Share Image
I wanted to look at how people deal with death. Why is Henry Kissinger not in jail and Charles Manson is? — John Roecker Copy Share Image
Live Freaky! Die Freaky! will be, without a shadow of a doubt, the single greatest film of all time about Charles Manson being the… — John Roecker Copy Share Image
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