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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Image Entertainment
Salesrank: 89301
Released: March 23, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
One of the great maverick directors of the past three decades, John Carpenter changed the face of horror and action with a string of worldwide smash hits. A true renaissance man of the silver screen, he often writes, produces and scores his films as well and has proven himself with over 35 films . From his breakthrough classic, Halloween (one of the most successful independent features of all time), to such audience favorites as Escape from New York, The Thing, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, Prince of Darkness and many more, the whole story is covered in this fascinating documentary. Featuring interviews with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kurt Russell, Peter Fonda, Debra Hill, Alice Cooper, Adrienne Barbeau, Stacey Keach and many more!
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies Reviews:
Should be an extra on some Carpenter DVD 
2007-05-09 - It doesn't tell anything new to a Carpenter fan, but it is nice to see an hour on him. It isn't really worth putting it out on dvd, though. It should be an extra on some Carpenter DVD.
THE MASTER OF TERROR - briefly and concisely 
2004-03-31 - PICTURE QUALITY (5/5 STARS)
The interviews and film scenes are excellent quality, some film clips seem to be better on this DVD than on the movie DVDs!
SOUND QUALITY (5/5 STARS)
No surround of course, flawless Stereo sound.
EXTRAS (1/5 STARS)
No extras on this interview DVD - excusable as this whole DVD is some kind of an extra.
SPECIAL/UNIQUE ON THIS DVD RELEASE:
- anamorphic Widescreen
- Dolby Stereo
- up to now singularly contribution DVD to John Carpenter
COMMENT:
I've waited so long for a J.C. DVD (like the "The Director" series) and here it is - at least a beginning because it is quiet short. 60 minutes of footage in one big clip with chapters - each for one film. Most of his films are treated well on this DVD. Especially his earlier years as film-/musicmaker and his youth is analyzed.
The mixture of interviews with J.C., actors, Alan Howarth (!) and clips from the films works very well. 50 minutes or so are very detailed but at the end it starts to get hurried and it may be that there will be another DVD like this because some important movies have not been mentioned (see below) and there could have been much more information about his later movies.
This release has a wide opened end - like telling 50 % and then "cut"... nevertheless highly enjoyable, informative and a must-have for every fan - priceless!!
Detailled information in these chapters (in correct order):
"Influence"
"Film School"
Dark Star (1974)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Halloween (1978)
"Carpenter's Music"
The Fog (1980)
"Westerns"
Vampires (1998)
Escape from New York (1981)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
"John and his Team"
The Thing (1982)
Starman (1984)
Prince Of Darkness (1987)
They Live (1988)
Bearly mentioned:
Christine (1983)
In The Mouth Of Madness (1995)
Village Of The Damned (1998)
Ghosts Of Mars (2001)
No footage from:
Big Trouble In Little China (1986)
Memoirs Of An Invisible Man (1992)
Body Bags (1993)
all others
