John Carpenter
American filmmaker and composer of Halloween, Escape from New York, The Thing and They Live, who scores his own films and releases synth albums of his Lost Themes.
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Liked Dead Ringers
I find Dead Ringers, with those horrible instruments and Jeremy Irons’s great dual performance, to actually be very funny. It all really works!
criterion.com 30 Apr 2024
Loved Rebecca
I also really love Rebecca. It has an incredible atmosphere of psychological unease that really appeals to me.
criterion.com 30 Apr 2024
Loved Vertigo
My favorite Hitchcock film will always be Vertigo, but Spellbound is so visually stunning.
criterion.com 30 Apr 2024
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Liked Spellbound
My favorite Hitchcock film will always be Vertigo, but Spellbound is so visually stunning.
criterion.com 30 Apr 2024
Loved Only Angels Have Wings
Howard Hawks has always been a big influence on me and my work, and Only Angels Have Wings is my favorite movie of all time. What do I love about it? Everything.
criterion.com 30 Apr 2024
Liked Kiss Me Deadly
I’d love to remake Kiss Me Deadly in some way, but I don’t even know if that would be possible. It has such a contemporary energy, but it’s ultimately so tied to the time in which it was made.
criterion.com 30 Apr 2024
Loved The Killers
All of Robert Siodmak’s films are great, but I really love his version of The Killers. It’s just fabulous.
criterion.com 30 Apr 2024
Where they publish
Site The Official John Carpenter
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x.com @TheHorrorMaster Posts on his films, music and comics
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