Much - beloved genre directorJohn Carpenter(Halloween , The Thing , Escape From New York ) turns 75 this calendar month , and in a Modern audience he nonchalantly mentions that sure , he ’d be up for making another feature film someday — if sure conditions were gather , that is .
“ I ’m open to it , given that it ’s frankly budgeted and there ’s plenty of clip to do it — and that people allow for the basketball time of year and the playoffs,”he say Varietyin a merriment audience that covers a pot of his career but also reveals his delightfully os - juiceless mother wit of witticism . He was then asked if he ’d favor a theatrical performance or a stream labor , and say , “ I ’m wide loose to anything . It ’s hunky-dory , I do n’t wish . ”
Though Carpenter ’s name and influence have never stray from pop - culture prominence — plain in projects like the late Halloween trilogy from director David Gordon Green , but also in any movie that pays homage to Carpenter ’s trademark aesthetics , like his self - composed synth scores — he has n’t himself made a feature since 2010 ’s The Ward . Prior to that , his last critically acclaimed film was probably 1994’sIn the Mouth of Madness(though I am a buff of 2001’sGhosts of Mars , sorry not lamentable ) , with his gravid efflorescence spanning the decade between 1978 ’s Halloween and 1988 ’s They exist .
John Carpenter performs on 9 January 2025 in Turin, Italy.Photo: Awakening/Getty Images for City of Turin (Getty Images)
The consultation also reveal Carpenter ’s take on Jordan Peele ( he ’s a huge buff ) ; the one among his own film that he ’s truly proud of ( The Thing ) ; the fact that he has zero intel on the long - in - the - worksEscape From New York remaking ; his “ thoroughgoing day ” ( “ Get up late , look on a small news , toy a TV game , watch some basketball , go to bottom ” ) ; and the advice he ’d give his vernal ego : “ I dreamed of being a movie director ever since 1956 , and my dream come true . Whether it ’s hard , whether I ’m always successful , I do n’t wish . I ’m living my dream , and there is nothing better as a human being . So I would say to myself , ‘ human race , go to it . You ’re going to have a drink . You ’ll have your dream satisfy . Go make your movies . ’ ” And maybe he ’ll go make another one , one of these days ?
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