John Roecker

John Roecker (born 30 January 1966) is an American film director. Roecker's works include Live Freaky! Die Freaky!, Heart Like a Grenade, Disease Is Punishment, and The Fear (Morty's Theme). Roecker resides in California where he focuses on independent film directing and production. Sourced I just don't think religion should be a money making organization. There is never a need to send churches or cults money for any reason. If you want to feel good about yourself or make your God happy, give your money directly to a charity or a homeless person. But once again this is my opinion, and I don't want to be in a position of also dictating. http://www.filmjerk.com/interviews/article.php?id_int=12 An Epic Interview with John Roecker FilmJerk www.filmjerk.com Kristopher Terrell August 23, 2003 Everything that is good in the arts is done by some sort of diversion. http://www.filmjerk.com/interviews/article.php?id_int=12 An Epic Interview with John Roecker FilmJerk www.filmjerk.com Kristopher Terrell August 23, 2003 When I saw The Passion of the Christ it made me feel better about what I was doing. And I thought, No way is that fucker going to outdo me! I demanded more blood. Freaky deaky: gay music video director John Roecker takes stop-motion animation to bizarre places in his debut feature Live Freaky! Die Freaky! The Advocate February 14, 2006 Kurt B. Reighley 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 Camino was going to kick your ass. "We accept you, one of us?": Punk rock, community, and individualism in an uncertain era, 1974--1985 Wolf Mary Montgomery 2007 ProQuest 9780549325819 226 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Kta84QfrI5IC&pg=PA226&dq=John+Roecker&hl=en&ei=TKnSTrfaFoqh8QPs19HvDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false I wanted to push the envelope, and I wanted to go so far as to actually offend both the liberals and the right. I think I have succeeded. LA Weekly http://www.laweekly.com/2006-03-02/news/punk-puppet-apocalypse/ LA Weekly LP Lina Lecaro Punk Puppet Apocalypse: Starring members of Green Day, Rancid, X and more, Live Freaky! Die Freaky! is guaranteed to offend February 28, 2006 A lot of the times with porn, it's instant fame. The only thing I can compare it to is being a child actor. You get it fast, then there's a shelf-life for it. With mainstream films, you've got to go to acting classes, you've really got to hustle, there's so much competition, but with these [porn] guys, if you're good-looking with a great body, you're in like Flynn. The Bay Area Reporter Erotic superstars, up-close & personal: here!TV's 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars' December 4, 2008 David Lamble Benro Enterprises, Inc. I wanted to look at how people deal with death … Why is Henry Kissinger not in jail and Charles Manson is? The Washington Post The Washington Post Company Film Notes: John Roecker's 'Freaky' Puppet Show January 27, 2006 Christina Talcott http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012600739.html 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 at the time, the most dangerous man alive was Richard Nixon. Austin Chronicle http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2006-01-27/329543/ Punk, Puppets, and Manson as Messiah: John Roecker on 'Live Freaky! Die Freaky!' January 27, 2006 Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Corp. When they told me they were gonna call the record American Idiot, I was the one who was saying, 'Oh no, you can't.' I was the one who was worried about it. Because when you think about it, we know the song now, but then it was a really fucking bold thing to do. Commenting on his friendship with members of the musical band Green Day — quoted in Kjersti Egerdahl Green Day: A Musical Biography 113 Greenwood 2009 0313365970 About Live Freaky! Die Freaky! will be, without a shadow of a doubt, the single greatest film of all time about Charles Manson being the savior to all humanity in the year 3069. http://www.filmjerk.com/interviews/article.php?id_int=12 An Epic Interview with John Roecker FilmJerk www.filmjerk.com Kristopher Terrell August 23, 2003 Writer-director John Roecker's debut, Live Freaky! Die Freaky! will have you convulsing on the floor … with nausea, laughter, or both. Freaky deaky: gay music video director John Roecker takes stop-motion animation to bizarre places in his debut feature Live Freaky! Die Freaky! The Advocate February 14, 2006 Kurt B. Reighley It's the most obscene film I've ever seen. Roddy Bottum, commenting on Roecker's work directing Live Freaky! Die Freaky! — quoted in Freaky deaky: gay music video director John Roecker takes stop-motion animation to bizarre places in his debut feature Live Freaky! Die Freaky! The Advocate February 14, 2006 Kurt B. Reighley Roecker sure is a romantic about certain things, like art and music, though you might not know it from watching Live Freaky! Die Freaky!, his claymation musical retelling of the Helter Skelter Charlie Manson saga. LA Weekly http://www.laweekly.com/2006-03-02/news/punk-puppet-apocalypse/ LA Weekly LP Lina Lecaro Punk Puppet Apocalypse: Starring members of Green Day, Rancid, X and more, Live Freaky! Die Freaky! is guaranteed to offend February 28, 2006 John Roecker's Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars *but were afraid to ask, is an intimate, brave and frequently witty exploration inside the heads of 16 male erotic video performers, many with well-known nom de porns: Johnny Hazzard, Brad Benton, Nick Capra and Jason Ridge. The Bay Area Reporter Erotic superstars, up-close & personal: here!TV's 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars' December 4, 2008 David Lamble Benro Enterprises, Inc. Any movie about cult figure Charles Manson needs lots of sex, drugs and blood. But as John Roecker discovered while filming his first feature -- screening Friday and Saturday only at the Avalon -- the key to amping up the gore is an old standby: puppets. The Washington Post The Washington Post Company Film Notes: John Roecker's 'Freaky' Puppet Show January 27, 2006 Christina Talcott http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012600739.html Roecker seems to have been as inspired by Todd Haynes's legendary underground film "Superstar" -- in which he told Karen Carpenter's life story with surprising tenderness using Barbie dolls and a bootlegged soundtrack -- as by the stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen and the "Frosty the Snowman" cartoon. Ann Hornaday — quoted in http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012600739.html The Washington Post The Washington Post Company One Forgettable 'Freak' Show January 27, 2006 Ann Hornaday Wal-Mart has made it known that it will decline to stock Roecker's film, an honor despite itself and one that speaks volumes about Roecker's talents. Austin Chronicle http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2006-01-27/329543/ Punk, Puppets, and Manson as Messiah: John Roecker on 'Live Freaky! Die Freaky!' January 27, 2006 Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Corp. See also Film Film directors Films Quotes about Television External links John Roecker at the Internet Movie Database An Epic Interview with John Roecker, FilmJerk.com Category:Film directors from the United States Category:LGBT people Category:People from Ohio Category:Living people