Aug 29 2008
“Put on these glasses, or start eatin’ that trash can.”
Anyone who’s read my blog before can probably tell that I have some pretty unabashed cine-love for the films of John Carpenter. I think he’s s terrific craftsman, truly one of America’s most undervalued directors. He knows — better than any contemporary filmmaker, in my opinion — how to beautifully fill and balance a CinemaScope frame, and he always packs enough subversive wit and content into his movies to make them unusual. And hey, they’ve got action too. That’s never a bad thing in my book.
The programmers a Brooklyn’s BAMcinématek must agree, because starting on Labor Day, from Sept. 1 - 4, they’ve got “A Four-Pack of Carpenter”, a special repertory screening series that brings a quartet of ’80s classics back where they should be enjoyed: on the big screen.
Go here for the full schedule. Click on the following titles to see trailers for the four movies they’re showing: the martial arts fantasy/comedy Big Trouble in Little China, the dystopian action pic Escape from New York, the classic ice-bound horror remake The Thing, and, just in time for election season, the sci-fi conspiracy thriller They Live.
