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John Carpenter - Ace Director
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:28 am
by Ace
No, hes NOT dead, but whats he up to of late?
His films 'The Fog', 'The Thing', 'Christine', 'Assault on Precinct 13', 'Halloween' and 'Escape From New York' are classics, but I see on the imdb ha has been very inactive over the years.........is there a reason he stopped directing? I KNOW 'Escape from LA' was a bit 'iffy' at best, but it wasn't as bad as some of the bollocks that came out around that time!
One for Terry Stephens, our resident Barry Norman, I think.
Re: John Carpenter - Ace Director
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:34 am
by Jacques
He's working on L.A. Gothic
Re: John Carpenter - Ace Director
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:44 am
by Ace
Ohh yes, I 'forgot' about that particular one...........best left alone eh?
Re: John Carpenter - Ace Director
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:23 pm
by pj
I loved Starman. Sequel written but never produced. Shame. Jeff Bridges even wanted to do one.
Re: John Carpenter - Ace Director
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:48 am
by Guilbert
Bit about his recent life here
Re: John Carpenter - Ace Director
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:40 am
by hellblazer
Big Trouble in Little China was so ahead of its time.
Re: John Carpenter - Ace Director
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:34 am
by andy ide
Long, long since past his prime.
Re: John Carpenter - Ace Director
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:17 am
by one eyed jack
Yeah I really like John Carpenter Ace. You mentioned some of his best films there but for me I was pleasantly surprised after he fell from grace with ..They Live and Prince Of Darkness...(What the hell happened there???) that he came back with Vampires...What a great movie.
"C'mon father, did you get a little bit of mahogany back there?"
Not sure what he is doing at the moment. he seems to be very low key these days. maybe just enjoying life and family things. The politics of making movies might have jaded him for all i know but whatever he comes back with I hope its a good one as I reckon he is looking for the quality projects now and doubt he will slip up as he did with some duds in the past.
Politics can be a real bitch when making movies