POST MORTEM: John Carpenter - Part 2
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2014
- Director John Carpenter talks about making his breakthrough film HALLOWEEN, working with stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence and P.J. Soles, his unsuccessful efforts to cast Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee as Dr. Loomis, scoring the movie, its release to bad reviews and blockbuster success, and making his next film ELVIS with Kurt Russell.
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I just want to give John Carpenter a big hug :)
It's fascinating that John's movies were panned when they were released. Yet here we are today and almost every single one of his films has been remade or is currently right now in the process of being remade as I type this comment.
And his originals are still the best
Theres probably a bunch if films like his that we don't know about because bad reviews crushed them
Same with kubrick not big hits when his movies came out know they are classics.
He literally created a genre of films
John carpenter in just 20 days made the greatest movie of all time . Halloween paved the way for slashers. It is a fantastic movie.
Halloween is One of My Favorite Horror Movies!
@@vinceniederman agreed. Great movie.
@@westonrigsby1035 Yup and At Least It Shows a Quick Bed Scene in The Movie!
@@vinceniederman that it did, with Lynda. But the quickest was Judith boyfriend. Dude finished in 2-3 pumps 😂
@@westonrigsby1035 Hahahaha Yup and John Carpenter Did a Good Job on The Movie!
One of the greatest film maker/writers of all time, I love these interviews, and Mick garris--! you couldn't find a better talk show host for these ones. D.D.
Many thanks! Glad you're enjoying them!
@@mickgarris2555I remember seeing you in horror documentaries.
I wish it was possible to go back in time. I miss Donald Pleasance and many other film luminaries. Time marches on so fast :(
Loomis and the soundtrack made this movie
yeah donald pleasence was phenomenal
Some other things too
Daniel Baugher Carpenter's style helped it more than anything. His fingerprints were all over that movie.
And Jamie Lee. And the inventive cinematography. And an iconic killer. And so on....
Very true.
It's a shame how censorship has ruined this classic film, I tried enjoying "Halloween" on cable & the sex scenes are gone, The iconic head tilt after he sticks the dude to the wall & scenes are generally cut shorter. Censorship really is the underlying problem ruining film
Peter Cushing is my favourite actor of all time. His agent sounded like an arrogant prick though if he said that to John Carpenter. I am also a huge fan of Donald Pleasence and Christopher Lee
Imagine If Peter Cushing Played The Dr Loomis Role?
@@vinceniederman Pleasence is better
@@ATOK_ Agreed 100% and Donald Nailed The Role!
@@vinceniederman Loomis is my favourite horror movie character
@@ATOK_ Same and Donald Was Fantastic!
2:58 the secondary characters are usually the most likeable ones, that's at least how I feel watching his movies and he gets that too. I swear on every interview I really admire this man more and more.
Wow! Had no idea Carpenter didn’t get a salary! R.I.P Debra Hill.
That speech comparing Elvis to Halloween is genius two completely different genres but still filmmaking and that's the beauty of it
The ad for Sonic that played before this video made me hungry 🥓
John Carpenter is Also a Sonic Fan Like Me!
First off there's no other Dr. Loomis than Donald Pleasence I mean every single Halloween fan know that already, but this is only an idea I thought of while I was watching the 2010 remake of "Piranha" on DVD recently, I thought Christopher Lloyd would've also been a really wonderful candidate for the role even though he isn't British.
As a die hard halloween fan could have been interesting to see either Lee or Cushing as Dr. Loomis but in the end Donald Pleasance was great and perfect as Dr. Loomis.
Donald Pleasance Was Great In The Movie and One of My Favorite Performances From Any Actor in Horror Films!
@@vinceniederman I agree.
@@vinceniederman he was a great actor.
@@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821 Donald Was Perfect For The Role!
@@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821 Yup and Shame He Passed Away Months Before Halloween 6 Came Out!
pleasance made the film's for me, but if Christopher Lee had played the role, they could have continued making them with him up until a couple of years ago!!!
You took the words right outta my mouth brother! I love Donald but as you said we could have got a lot more screen time with Christopher.
Donald was the only one that fit for the role of Dr.Loomis
the great one. Spielberg, Scorsese, carpenter. everyone else is second best.
They live...
I just love John. I hope he feels good about the new Halloween. Because it is fatastic
3 days of shooting.
3 hours of television.
I've never produced anything more than a juicy fart let alone a TV movie but fuck me, that sounds difficult.
Pleasance, the music, and the direction is the reason for its success. Jamie Lee made no impact on the film imo. Her role Could have been played by any generic teen
It was lol she was generic cus it was her first role lol
I do find John Carpenter very bitter I seen an interview with him once and he said that horror films copied Halloween he also said Clive Barker and Stephen King both ripped off Halloween ? How did hellraiser rip-off Halloween it was nothing like it and both Stephen King and Clive Barker have said themselves that they never copied John Carpenter's work. I think John Carpenter thinks that there should be only one horror movie and that's his movie Halloween.
Nah. Carpenter is great and generous. Check out the new interview we did on the POST MORTEM podcast!
Mick Garris Interviews don't get me wrong I do like John Carpenter as a director and yes I'm sure he is a nice guy but with him saying that of a horror films ripped off Halloween is wrong becouse they didn't Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street films wasn't ripoffs at all there was there to scare people and films that followed like Hellraiser Series and The Shining and IT and so on and so for none of them films ripped off Halloween.
He comes off as standoff-ish at times, especially at convention panels, but once he eases into it he mellows out and is quite pleasant. I think with Carpenter the backlash from fans and critics on The Thing, and Escape from LA really broke his spirit and killed his ambition. Especially after Escape from LA, ever since then he’s become more jaded.
007 Beck well Friday the 13th was a total rip off.
Quote from the Friday 13th documentary
The writer:
‘Sean S Cunningham said, listen Halloween is making a lot of money so let’s rip it off’
So yeah Friday was a total rip off just with elements changed.
Freddy was a very unique idea indeed with the dreams so while he is in essence a ‘Micheal Myers type’ the dream angle made it fresh.
But then we could say Halloween ripped of Psycho to a degree?.
The lone killer stalking women near by, or heck even alien is like Halloween just with an alien instead of a man, and set on a spaceship instead of a street in uncle sams neighbourhood?.
In essence these movies are all the same really just the elements, locations and designs change. But what’s wrong with that?
You never heard Tobe Hooper screaming that Halloween was a ripoff of TCM