John Carpenter "Big Trouble in Little China" 1986 - Bobbie Wygant Archive

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  • Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
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  • @dracopticon7788
    @dracopticon7788 Рік тому +8

    Big Trouble in Little China is my favorite action comedy of all time. Just fantastic, still today.

  • @mayfieldgage
    @mayfieldgage 3 роки тому +34

    How can you not love this movie

    • @zerpblerd5966
      @zerpblerd5966 3 роки тому

      it's just mediocre

    • @estebanarchie3292
      @estebanarchie3292 3 роки тому

      I dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know a tool to log back into an Instagram account..?
      I was dumb forgot my login password. I would love any assistance you can give me.

    • @tobiasbenson3234
      @tobiasbenson3234 3 роки тому

      @Esteban Archie instablaster =)

  • @kurtflahavin5994
    @kurtflahavin5994 2 роки тому +11

    Big Trouble In Little China is one of my very favourite movies of all time. James Hong & Carter Wong were the real stars of the movie. Of course Kurt Russell & Kim Cattrall were great too.

  • @arcticwolf9332
    @arcticwolf9332 Рік тому +10

    John carpenter was 37 when he gave this interview and he doesnt look a day over 63.

    • @HiredGoonage
      @HiredGoonage 11 місяців тому

      smoking will do that

    • @arcticwolf9332
      @arcticwolf9332 11 місяців тому

      @@HiredGoonagethats why I avoid it like the plague

  • @BraxtonWages
    @BraxtonWages 2 роки тому +17

    Remember what old Jack Burton used to say lol

  • @pinkystinkinc3475
    @pinkystinkinc3475 3 роки тому +3

    The cosmic carpenter

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales41

    John Howard Carpenter
    16 de enero de 1948
    75 años.

  • @Bringos76
    @Bringos76 Рік тому +1

    "Its all in the reflexes"

  • @mightisright
    @mightisright 23 дні тому

    Interesting that he mentions The Swordsman. IMDb and google don't show that film under that title before 1986, but the Jet Li Swordsman series that came in the 90's reminds me a lot of Big Trouble. The Jet Li series is an adaptation of the Smiling Proud Wanderer book series, so I wonder if there's a connection.

    • @GooseEgg-uj1xf
      @GooseEgg-uj1xf 17 днів тому

      The movie Carpenter is referring to is called "Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain" 1983 directed by Tsui Hark. I haven't seen it yet but Carpenter sure did sell it well!

  • @nemospodcast6766
    @nemospodcast6766 2 роки тому +3

    damn I miss the 1980s in 1990s I almost work to the John Carpenter in the new Halloween franchise. I was so close to being in the second and third film. I flew back and forth to Wilmington North Carolina but at the end of the day I didn’t get the part but it was an honor to audition for them. I’m not gonna lie I think about it every day. PS I love how he just smoking a cigarette, like it’s nothing.

  • @nicholasgoldsworthy4719
    @nicholasgoldsworthy4719 3 роки тому +7

    The end is hilarious. Wtf?

    • @Msmasajes
      @Msmasajes 3 роки тому +3

      This is standard procedure for tv talk shows and such. The host always does these weird close-ups with no guests or people around.

    • @emsolis
      @emsolis 3 роки тому

      haha yes, they have to do these close up/angles on the interviewer, to have coverage of her asking the question, just in case they need to cut to her.

    • @TheWuCepticon1981
      @TheWuCepticon1981 2 роки тому

      Lmao

    • @icollectstories5702
      @icollectstories5702 2 роки тому

      It's how you film a conversation with only one camera. An alternative is to film both people in a wider "2-shot," but making one face fill the screen is preferred.
      I like that it was included here. I've also seen it done in the opposite order to give the subject time to prepare answers, but that seems even less authentic than having hosts rephrase questions.

  • @drivingintothedesertuntilt3202
    @drivingintothedesertuntilt3202 2 роки тому +2

    smokes a ciggie like a pimp boss

  • @Sdutt_author
    @Sdutt_author 2 роки тому +1

    Fu Manchu is real!

  • @sahej6939
    @sahej6939 2 роки тому

    I really thought as a kid I would go to Kung Fu class and learn how to do what they did!

  • @Msmasajes
    @Msmasajes 3 роки тому +4

    What a beastly, racist, passive aggressive hag. Disgusting individual. The video is hilarious though, and John handled it with such class. He is such a magical and insightful director. Miss your movies, John, but will forever re-watch your work on my TV as well as in my heart. You shook the pillars of heaven, my friend.

    • @BraxtonWages
      @BraxtonWages 2 роки тому +5

      What is racist and passive aggressive about her?

    • @tomcarl8021
      @tomcarl8021 2 роки тому +2

      @@BraxtonWages Of course, they didn't reply to you. They never reply.

    • @sahej6939
      @sahej6939 2 роки тому

      She’s just older generation, it’s not her understanding and that’s ok.

    • @lorenzoarioni502
      @lorenzoarioni502 Рік тому

      the questions were previously agreed (the proof is that in the replies at the end, she also recited "but it can hurt the film", so even J.'s answers were prepared beforehand): with this interview he wanted to clarify once and for all the imbecile accusations of "racist stereotype"

  • @zerpblerd5966
    @zerpblerd5966 3 роки тому +3

    "unsophistication and innocence" - no idea what you watched but, that is a gross gross generalization

    • @kaguth
      @kaguth 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah, I think he was talking about kung fu movies back in the early 80s and 1970s which did have a sort of innocence to them. They were working with massively lower budgets but made up for it with heart. He did say they had a beauty.

    • @DoctorBatmanMD
      @DoctorBatmanMD 2 роки тому +5

      He might’ve meant lack of pretentiousness. JC despises pretension in movies. He feels that movies primary goal should be to entertain.

    • @sahej6939
      @sahej6939 2 роки тому

      @@DoctorBatmanMD agree! Lack of pretension and plenty of heart 💜he talks about loving those movies and not wanting to rip them off or stereotype but celebrate, esp the choreography.

  • @zerpblerd5966
    @zerpblerd5966 3 роки тому +3

    John Carpenter is a director with one of the most dynamic between shit and excellent in what he makes
    most of it is shit though

    • @DirkKingstonActor
      @DirkKingstonActor 3 роки тому +1

      100% Big Trouble is one of my all time favorites. But so much of what he makes is rubbish. I don't get it lol.

    • @zerpblerd5966
      @zerpblerd5966 3 роки тому

      @@DirkKingstonActor I think Big China is only 'okay' and I don't like it but it's not a 'bad movie'
      They Live and The Thing are his best by far

    • @DirkKingstonActor
      @DirkKingstonActor 3 роки тому +3

      @@zerpblerd5966 Production design was fantastic on BTILC. Not to mention it had everything--likeable characters, story, comedy, romance, action, magic, monsters... you name it. There wasn't anything else like it and there hasn't been since; it's utterly unique.
      The closest thing is maybe Kill Bill, but unlike Kill Bill, BTILC had a distinct look and feel all its own.
      They Live and The Thing are also good--especially The Thing--a horror classic. They Live was good conceptually, but it suffers from a low budget--or looks it. It feels like a short story expanded to a movie.

    • @zerpblerd5966
      @zerpblerd5966 3 роки тому

      @@DirkKingstonActor watch more movies
      Big Trouble has poor writing, a tedious plot (hey, I love Kurt Russell), and isn't at all unique, you just haven't seen what it has ripped from - check out what are called "Shaw Brothers" Hong Kong martial arts-fantasy movies from the late 60s-through the early 80s
      try Bloody Parrot

    • @DirkKingstonActor
      @DirkKingstonActor 3 роки тому +3

      @@zerpblerd5966 I've watched many movies. I'm a cinephile. We just have different taste lets leave it at that.