The hardest movie John Carpenter ever made: “I was too dumb and young”
“Holy Toledo!”
John Carpenter
The easiest movie John Carpenter ever made: “The best experience as a director”
He had a blast and so did the audience.
John Carpenter’s favourite thing about retirement: “I want to be real honest about it”
He’s living the good life.
The iconic movie John Carpenter didn’t want to direct: “It was not something I wanted to do”
Carpenter has a complicated relationship with this masterwork.
Stephen King names the most forgettable Stephen King movies: “I’d rather have bad than boring”
He doesn’t want to be bored.
‘Lockout’: when John Carpenter successfully ended Luc Besson’s “dreams of retiring wealthy”
Plagiarism cases are notoriously hard to win – unless you’re John Carpenter.
Jeff Bridges names his favourite sci-fi films: “I don’t know if you get movies much better than that”
Some ‘out-of-this-world’ choices.
The one movie Kurt Russell refuses to star in: “Fuck that”
Russell was unequivocal in his response to this boneheaded idea.