Not to say that his career hasn't had some very interesting highlights. After all, any man who can be responsible for such works as The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing (1982), Starman, Big Trouble In Little China, Prince Of Darkness, They Live, Memoirs Of An Invisible Man, In The Mouth Of Madness, Escape From LA and Vampires is nothing short of an artist.
Heck, he even brought us a made-for-TV biopic on the life of Elvis Presley (and a featured role for his go-to actor Kurt Russell). John has vision, imagination, a capability to make every frame of film look like an art exhibit and nothing short of a reputation as a... alright, I'll say it... legend.
Besides all of that, for five years this man had the luck to be married to first-in-line casting choice Adrienne Barbeau.
Let me repeat that: this man:
Was for five years married to this woman:
Instead of commenting further, let's just satisfy ourselves with this expected video posting of what can only be called the ultimate compliment: a positive review of Halloween from two of the genre's most outspoken haters - (Gene) Siskel and (Roger) Ebert.
Happy b-day, Mister C.
Dope out.
- TGWD
2 comments:
Wow! I'm surprised to see that both critics liked this film. There were some interesting points made about artistry being what makes a film, no matter the content. I probably told you this already, but I spent an entire summer during my high school years watching every one of the Halloween movies with a friend. The first ones are great, then they more or less blend together. The critics were right about Halloween being different from other horror films. I think the viewer does care more about the Laurie character than the usual women in this type of movie.
Justine: That was the thing - these guys tended to rip apart this type of films in their heyday. If you ever go to their video site...
http://siskelandebert.org/video/N5SUHUORRKB9/Women-In-Danger-SP1980
...you can see where they talk down violence against women in general in these kinds of movies and how they dearly love this movie because, like you said, it is seen through the eye of the VICTIM, rather than of the KILLER. Also, there is a whole level of shadow, position, perspective and artistry in Carpenter's work that isn't apparent in, say, a "Friday The 13th".
That may be worth a whole blog post in itself someday. Hmmm....
- TGWD
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