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Very good horror film directors in America emerged in the 70's, developed their success in the 80's and still survive with dignity 30 years later, but for me the best of them is John Carpenter (Carthage, New York, 1948) perhaps because the film is indebted to classic movies of all life, perhaps because his films are very imaginative, very funny very ironic and very critical of the world, perhaps because John Carpenter is a restless spirit and maverick who has a clear vision of things and not swayed by fads or opportunistic tendencies. Furthermore, ideologically, Carpenter is left, very critical of capitalist society and that criticism appears, metaphorically or literally, in many of his films. Influenced by Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford and, above all, Howard Hawks film of John Carpenter holds the halo typical of classic Western epic, but reflected through a bleak nihilistic look, almost always very pessimistic about the human race and its place in the world. The best of his films is that stress increases gradually so distressing to the final outcome, which is often violent and shocking. From tiny
John Carpenter was a lover of cinema in general and the western in particular, though he was pulled over science-fiction and horror, as evidenced by the first short films shot on 8 mm as a youngster: Gorgo vs. Godzilla, Terror from the space, The space monster, etc. He also wrote a fanzine about gender, "Fantastic Film Illustrated" which shows he was a lover of film geek, to the despair of his father who wanted the child was a musician (in part succeeded, because Carpenter composed the soundtracks for all films) but Papi's hopes went down the drain when the boy, aged 22 won the Oscar for best short film "The Resurrection of Bronco Billy."
Filmography. Stage 1: Beginnings, consolidation and success (1974-1982)
John Carpenter is a young man making blockbuster movies with ridiculous budgets. Lack of money he makes with great imagination and a classic staging while innovative. Get success with his third film became an icon of terror and science fiction. Despite the public rejects his best work ...
Dark Star (Dark Star, 1974). A spacecraft has a mission to destroy unstable star. The long duration of this task will return to the crew just as unstable. Carpenter debut, made with more enthusiasm and imagination than budget (reportedly commented that to recreate the interior of the spacecraft team members borrowed her family appliances such as washing machines). The script was co-wrote with fellow faculty Dan O'Bannon (Which a few years later the writer of "Alien, the eighth passenger" of Ridley Scott). The movie is a display of absurd humor and parodies the genre of science fiction but nihilistic brand of house is this (a surfing astronaut in space will be swallowed by a black hole ...) 
Assault on Precinct 13 (Assault on Precinct 13, 1976) is the first western, John Carpenter, where the strongest of the jeans is a nearly deserted police station and Indians are a criminal gang involved psychotic by sunspots. Carpenter turns the vigilante film to offer a tribute to Howard Hawks and his "Rio Bravo" in a movie full of shots, action, suspense and archetypal characters and hook, and this is his first cult film. To remember is the simple and powerful scene in which the criminal shoots a girl and the bullet passes through an ice cream. 
Halloween night (Halloween, 1978) is his first big success. Made on a shoestring millionaire reaped a collection, one of the most profitable films in history. Building influence the Italian giallo directors like Dario Argento, Carpenter offers a year of tension and suspense like few others, beginning with the sequence shot 6 minutes at the beginning of the film, when Michael Myers kills his sister's child, through the 40 minutes of stalking Myers, adult, potential victims and ending with the frantic pursuit of Jamie Lee Curtis "saved" in extremis by Donald Pleseance playing a modern Van Helsing parody. As I said, the film swept amongst the young, perhaps an accomplice tone of the film, perhaps because it is a very cool movie, and consolidated throughout a subgenre within the terror: the slasher PsychokilleR or more colloquially known as the "kill promiscuous teenagers." 
"The Fog" (The Fog, 1980) is a great approximation of Carpenter Gothic terror of ghosts and curses. In celebration of the centenary of the coastal town of Antonio Bay, the ghosts of a ship of lepers away from the city in mist form to reveal the treacherous nature of the founding fathers of the community. Carpenter reused content to stage a terror the lust for revenge of those lost souls in gloomy mist Treves unstoppable unfamiliar compassion. Jamie Lee Curtis repeated with her mom Janet Leigh and Tom Atkins. Cool the introductory story of the old fisherman played by John Housman "They are five minutes to twelve, almost twelve o'clock, time to tell a story ..." 
"1997: Rescue in New York " (1997: Escape from NY, 1981) is another modern Western Carpentier typically nihilistic. First official movie with actor Kurt Russell fetish (although filmed a movie together on Elvis TV) accompanied by Lee Van Cleef, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Atkins and Donald Pleseance. In a dystopian future, New York City is a huge prison where criminals at will survive. Too bad that the president of the United States falls on the island of Manhattan after a terrorist attack. Only the biggest scumbag on the planet, Snake Plissken, a hero of the Battle of Leningrad in World War 3 and one of the biggest criminals wanted by the authorities, can rescue him. A part of the fun action and indiscriminate shooting, Carpenter and critiques of ultra-liberalism the American reality of Ronald Reagan. 
"The Thing" (The Thing, 1982) is without Certainly the best film of John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. Lovecraftian nightmare and nihilistic tells the story of a group of scientists at the South Pole to discover the existence of an alien able to assume the appearance of a human being to survive and begins to blend in and absorb. Great remake of Howard Hawks production of "The Thing from Another World" (The Thing from Another World, Christian Niby, 1952) itself based on a story by Joseph Campbell. This movie is pure Carpenter adding violence and gore in their right doses. It was the biggest bet of the director and was also his greatest failure. The spectators did not understand the existential background of the film and were horrified by the orgy of new flesh of extraterrestrial beings. Today is a cult film but John Carpenter was a terrible disappointment: he gave the best of himself and the public he was punished for it. It was the end of an era. Stage 2: The majors want to take it to the garden (1983-1992) After the drubbing
financial (not artistic) of "The Thing", John Carpenter accepts the "generous" proposals of the big producers who want to take advantage of the manager's name to sell the venerable blockbuster movie. This is the stage irregular creatively speaking, as Carpenter alternated between personal films and those imposed by major producers. But this will not last long as Carpenter found his way again.
"Christine" (Christine, 1983) is the name of a car that falls for his new owner and will kill for him. The movie is adapted from the novel by Stephen King and although Carpenter's hand is present in the film, everything is tied up and well tied and only director is dedicated to meeting a little more professional. The main objective of the film was the box office and, paradoxically, collection was a failure. By the way, and as expected, Stephen King did not like this adaptation.
"Starman" (Starman, 1984). Good and dupe an alien arrives on Earth attracted by the message of the Voyager space mission. Just inside the earth and acquire human form, falls in love, a woman leaves her pregnant and government agencies want to make a vivisection to see what is inside. Superbolas also has a magic that is the reeds. Another mega-production business to get tickets this time mixing romantic comedy and sci-fi mamporrera. The film is made professionally by Carpenter but without passion. Highlights the performances of Karen Allen as his wife courage and Jeff Bridges as alien asshole. Was quite successful and even made a TV series which pretty became Carpenter.
"Big Trouble in Little China" (Big Trouble in Little China, 1986) was one of the most personal films, and Carpenter was another box office failure. Homage-parody of Eastern grindhouse films of the 70, Carpenter gives us a Kurt Russell working class engaged in a kidnapping plot and murder by a sect of ancient China. Lots of action and a sense of humor in one of the most misunderstood films of the director.
"Prince of Darkness" (The Prince of Darkness, 1987) is another great Carpenter movie. A group of scientists try to investigate an urn filled with green liquid which in theory could be a harbinger of the devil. Carpenter joined the satanic film with zombies to show this ode to the apocalypse. Donald Pleseance repeats in the cast and to remember those terrifying images are videotaped from the future that warned of the end of the world.
"They Live" (They Live, 1988) is one of the damn movies, ironic and funny director and is a "wham, across the mouth!" The American ultra-liberalism. An unemployed laborer named John Nada finds that global capitalism is in the hands of aliens who commit the working class to consume through subliminal messages. Funny twist on the concept of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and a tribute to the working class from Carpenter in the first half the film where we see the ravages of neoliberal policies on workers who just want to make a living with dignity.
"Memoirs of an Invisible Man" (Memoirs of the invisible man, 1992) is the last film that John Carpenter goes through the hoop. Mega-production designed for the brilliance of the protagonists Chavy Chase and Daryl Hannah, as a professional Carpenter directs a movie where the most notable are its special effects. However Carpenter's hand is present mainly in scenes starring Sam Neil, a CIA agent bastard. Finally, a correct film that unites science fiction and romantic comedy, but that Carpenter was the straw that broke the camel.
Stage 3: Carpenter makes what comes out of the soul (if not the balls) (1993-2009).
Cinema is a dirty business and producers are bastards that engulf the creativity of artists in exchange for money. Carpenter is tired of that game and from there makes what comes out of the soul, what he likes and what he wants. The majors offered many proposals without creative control (like the constant remakes of Halloween), but rejects Carpenter, limited in most cases on production (with varying fortunes, as the remake of "The Mist" is truly infumable). This creative freedom will bring many negative reviews from around the world: the fans do not understand their new film and the producers do not trust a hair of him total creative control because the producers only want millionaires revenues (from a greater extent mindless spectators who follow fashion) and Carpenter just wants to tell an original story and interesting.
"body bags" (Body Bags, 1993) is a small amusement TV co-directed with Tobe Hooper, comprising three stories of terror and where Carpenter makes the Crypt Keeper of impersonating a corpse that shows the different stories. The stories have a lot of irony and critique of contemporary society but there are also homages to horror films of the 60 (as "The Man with X-rays on the eyes" of Roger Corman).
"The Village of the Damned" (Village of the dammed, 1995) is a tribute remake of the classic science-fiction Wolf Rilla, 1960 . For a few hours all the inhabitants of an American town are unconscious. Weeks later discover that all the village women are pregnant. The culprits have been about aliens want to invade the planet through our adorable offspring, in this case some children repellents telepaths with silver hair. "The Village of the Damned" is a proper film for television starring the late Christopher Reeve.
"In the Mouth of Madness" (In the mouth of the madness, 1995) is a full-fledged tribute to the work of American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft in particular its primordial cosmic horror. It is also a kick in the shins to the literary industry and writers of best-sellers like "Stephen King." A crime wave sweeping the world due to a writer of best-sellers and a private investigator insane (Sam Neill) has the answer to the mystery. "In the Mouth of Madness" is one of the best films of John Carpenter of the third stage and the last where he won favor with the public.
"2013: Rescue in Los Angeles" (2013: Escape from LA, 1996). Much has been said of this film and millions of rumors about the birth and development of the film. Some say that the film is a personal favor to Kurt Russell Carpenter, who wanted to revive his career. Others say it was an act of revenge against Paramount Carpenter, wasting money putearles intentionally. The majority of viewers (including most ardent fans to Carpenter) say the movie sucks, that does not even reach the soles of shoes to the first part. For me, 2013: Rescue in Los Angeles "is a brilliant political satire on American Puritanism, which also has its shots and moments of action. Although the comparison with the first part makes sense, both are very different films with a message just as critical but different. In addition, Kurt Russell is great reinterpreting one of his best characters, Snake Plissken. Indeed, while Carpenter is an anarchist anti-system, first and foremost a professional and I am convinced that a producer ever putearía well (although not want missing). Carpenter said jokingly (or seriously?) That in 2013 would shoot the third film in the series: "2029: rescue ...?". Tremble, Paramount.
"Vampires" (Vampires, 1998) is another bloody typical western Carpentier, only lacks the horses and the Indians. A band of rowdy style Vampire Slayer "Wild Bunch" are massacred by a super-vampire. The leader of the band (James Wood) seek to give the ass vampire. Carpenter runs a totally fun movie, rogue and politically incorrect, where we see scenes of gore and violence very well resolved. It is also a lever against the fussiness in which vampirism was engaged at the time, due to the success of Anne Rice vampire chronicles. Carpenter wanted to restore the look brutal and threatening the vampire, and damn if he did.
"Ghosts of Mars" (Ghost of Mars, 2001) is a self-remake of "Assault on Precinct 13" but this time the station is on Mars and the Indians are kind of zombie-wild with a penchant for sharp objects and the wild piercing. More bloody and fun western, with epic battles where mutilations and beheadings will happen continuously. Again, the public rejected the film, considering it slow and boring and to date is the last film of John Carpenter on the big screen.
"The End of the World in 35 mm" (Cigarrete Burning, 2005) was the chapter by John Carpenter for the television series "Masters of Horror" on Showtime, which is seeking to voice to all the horror classic directors who have been ostracized by the majors. Through autoconclusivos episodes of 55 minutes each director has the freedom to tell horror stories you like best. John Carpenter performed an exercise in meta-movie to introduce the story of a damn movie every time it is planned death and destruction. Suspense, violence and gore brutal hand of this film critical of the film industry and the medium itself.
"Pro-Life" (Pro-Life, 2006) is the chapter of Carpenter's second season of "Masters of Horror" and the director returns to sow controversy among fans who have not readily accepted the story calling it boring, poorly made and too self-indulgent. We assist other western shooting and siege, this time in an anti-abortion clinic, where a girl wants to abort a fetus believed to be demonic and pro-life family who want to prevent clean shot. Carpenter returns to make an action film has a place where social criticism, although the poor performance of the actors and the staging remains a bit hasty as a whole.
financial (not artistic) of "The Thing", John Carpenter accepts the "generous" proposals of the big producers who want to take advantage of the manager's name to sell the venerable blockbuster movie. This is the stage irregular creatively speaking, as Carpenter alternated between personal films and those imposed by major producers. But this will not last long as Carpenter found his way again.
"Christine" (Christine, 1983) is the name of a car that falls for his new owner and will kill for him. The movie is adapted from the novel by Stephen King and although Carpenter's hand is present in the film, everything is tied up and well tied and only director is dedicated to meeting a little more professional. The main objective of the film was the box office and, paradoxically, collection was a failure. By the way, and as expected, Stephen King did not like this adaptation. 
"Starman" (Starman, 1984). Good and dupe an alien arrives on Earth attracted by the message of the Voyager space mission. Just inside the earth and acquire human form, falls in love, a woman leaves her pregnant and government agencies want to make a vivisection to see what is inside. Superbolas also has a magic that is the reeds. Another mega-production business to get tickets this time mixing romantic comedy and sci-fi mamporrera. The film is made professionally by Carpenter but without passion. Highlights the performances of Karen Allen as his wife courage and Jeff Bridges as alien asshole. Was quite successful and even made a TV series which pretty became Carpenter. 
"Big Trouble in Little China" (Big Trouble in Little China, 1986) was one of the most personal films, and Carpenter was another box office failure. Homage-parody of Eastern grindhouse films of the 70, Carpenter gives us a Kurt Russell working class engaged in a kidnapping plot and murder by a sect of ancient China. Lots of action and a sense of humor in one of the most misunderstood films of the director. 
"Prince of Darkness" (The Prince of Darkness, 1987) is another great Carpenter movie. A group of scientists try to investigate an urn filled with green liquid which in theory could be a harbinger of the devil. Carpenter joined the satanic film with zombies to show this ode to the apocalypse. Donald Pleseance repeats in the cast and to remember those terrifying images are videotaped from the future that warned of the end of the world. 
"They Live" (They Live, 1988) is one of the damn movies, ironic and funny director and is a "wham, across the mouth!" The American ultra-liberalism. An unemployed laborer named John Nada finds that global capitalism is in the hands of aliens who commit the working class to consume through subliminal messages. Funny twist on the concept of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and a tribute to the working class from Carpenter in the first half the film where we see the ravages of neoliberal policies on workers who just want to make a living with dignity. 
"Memoirs of an Invisible Man" (Memoirs of the invisible man, 1992) is the last film that John Carpenter goes through the hoop. Mega-production designed for the brilliance of the protagonists Chavy Chase and Daryl Hannah, as a professional Carpenter directs a movie where the most notable are its special effects. However Carpenter's hand is present mainly in scenes starring Sam Neil, a CIA agent bastard. Finally, a correct film that unites science fiction and romantic comedy, but that Carpenter was the straw that broke the camel. Stage 3: Carpenter makes what comes out of the soul (if not the balls) (1993-2009).
Cinema is a dirty business and producers are bastards that engulf the creativity of artists in exchange for money. Carpenter is tired of that game and from there makes what comes out of the soul, what he likes and what he wants. The majors offered many proposals without creative control (like the constant remakes of Halloween), but rejects Carpenter, limited in most cases on production (with varying fortunes, as the remake of "The Mist" is truly infumable). This creative freedom will bring many negative reviews from around the world: the fans do not understand their new film and the producers do not trust a hair of him total creative control because the producers only want millionaires revenues (from a greater extent mindless spectators who follow fashion) and Carpenter just wants to tell an original story and interesting.
"body bags" (Body Bags, 1993) is a small amusement TV co-directed with Tobe Hooper, comprising three stories of terror and where Carpenter makes the Crypt Keeper of impersonating a corpse that shows the different stories. The stories have a lot of irony and critique of contemporary society but there are also homages to horror films of the 60 (as "The Man with X-rays on the eyes" of Roger Corman). 
"The Village of the Damned" (Village of the dammed, 1995) is a tribute remake of the classic science-fiction Wolf Rilla, 1960 . For a few hours all the inhabitants of an American town are unconscious. Weeks later discover that all the village women are pregnant. The culprits have been about aliens want to invade the planet through our adorable offspring, in this case some children repellents telepaths with silver hair. "The Village of the Damned" is a proper film for television starring the late Christopher Reeve. 
"In the Mouth of Madness" (In the mouth of the madness, 1995) is a full-fledged tribute to the work of American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft in particular its primordial cosmic horror. It is also a kick in the shins to the literary industry and writers of best-sellers like "Stephen King." A crime wave sweeping the world due to a writer of best-sellers and a private investigator insane (Sam Neill) has the answer to the mystery. "In the Mouth of Madness" is one of the best films of John Carpenter of the third stage and the last where he won favor with the public. 
"2013: Rescue in Los Angeles" (2013: Escape from LA, 1996). Much has been said of this film and millions of rumors about the birth and development of the film. Some say that the film is a personal favor to Kurt Russell Carpenter, who wanted to revive his career. Others say it was an act of revenge against Paramount Carpenter, wasting money putearles intentionally. The majority of viewers (including most ardent fans to Carpenter) say the movie sucks, that does not even reach the soles of shoes to the first part. For me, 2013: Rescue in Los Angeles "is a brilliant political satire on American Puritanism, which also has its shots and moments of action. Although the comparison with the first part makes sense, both are very different films with a message just as critical but different. In addition, Kurt Russell is great reinterpreting one of his best characters, Snake Plissken. Indeed, while Carpenter is an anarchist anti-system, first and foremost a professional and I am convinced that a producer ever putearía well (although not want missing). Carpenter said jokingly (or seriously?) That in 2013 would shoot the third film in the series: "2029: rescue ...?". Tremble, Paramount. 
"Vampires" (Vampires, 1998) is another bloody typical western Carpentier, only lacks the horses and the Indians. A band of rowdy style Vampire Slayer "Wild Bunch" are massacred by a super-vampire. The leader of the band (James Wood) seek to give the ass vampire. Carpenter runs a totally fun movie, rogue and politically incorrect, where we see scenes of gore and violence very well resolved. It is also a lever against the fussiness in which vampirism was engaged at the time, due to the success of Anne Rice vampire chronicles. Carpenter wanted to restore the look brutal and threatening the vampire, and damn if he did. 
"Ghosts of Mars" (Ghost of Mars, 2001) is a self-remake of "Assault on Precinct 13" but this time the station is on Mars and the Indians are kind of zombie-wild with a penchant for sharp objects and the wild piercing. More bloody and fun western, with epic battles where mutilations and beheadings will happen continuously. Again, the public rejected the film, considering it slow and boring and to date is the last film of John Carpenter on the big screen. 
"The End of the World in 35 mm" (Cigarrete Burning, 2005) was the chapter by John Carpenter for the television series "Masters of Horror" on Showtime, which is seeking to voice to all the horror classic directors who have been ostracized by the majors. Through autoconclusivos episodes of 55 minutes each director has the freedom to tell horror stories you like best. John Carpenter performed an exercise in meta-movie to introduce the story of a damn movie every time it is planned death and destruction. Suspense, violence and gore brutal hand of this film critical of the film industry and the medium itself. 
"Pro-Life" (Pro-Life, 2006) is the chapter of Carpenter's second season of "Masters of Horror" and the director returns to sow controversy among fans who have not readily accepted the story calling it boring, poorly made and too self-indulgent. We assist other western shooting and siege, this time in an anti-abortion clinic, where a girl wants to abort a fetus believed to be demonic and pro-life family who want to prevent clean shot. Carpenter returns to make an action film has a place where social criticism, although the poor performance of the actors and the staging remains a bit hasty as a whole. is said that the next John Carpenter film debut in 2010 with the title "The Ward" ("The Room" or something). The psychological horror story goes: A woman is admitted to a mental hospital at night and sees the dead in the hallway. Impatient
hope the premiere of the film and, especially, the reaction of the public, because I'm sure that will leave anyone indifferent.
hope the premiere of the film and, especially, the reaction of the public, because I'm sure that will leave anyone indifferent.
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