A John Carpenter Poll

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Brought the new year in with The Fog. I think it's perfect and certainly in my top 3 (er, The Thing, Big Trouble, The Fog). The credit sequence is so great. Apart from Barbeau's voice, no one speaks for the first 12 minutes; you get a series of those trademark, almost Hopper-esque, cuts from Dean Cundey - a brilliant introduction to the town and the atmosphere.

Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 1 January 2023 11:25 (one year ago) link

love the fog, love its mood and simplicity. not enough ghost stories.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 1 January 2023 11:27 (one year ago) link

89 minutes! It's probably a fair amount of residual trauma from seeing it as a kid, but I think it's genuinely creepy too. Also, poor Mrs Kobritz - she didn't deserve that. (In my head, she's Mrs Colditz, always has been.)

Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 1 January 2023 11:33 (one year ago) link

ten months pass...

Morbs right again, Starman is grebt!

Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 November 2023 16:47 (eleven months ago) link

Underrated/under-remembered. Bridges got an Oscar nomination!

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 November 2023 16:49 (eleven months ago) link

I can't believe I pasted a Jordan Ruimy tweet upthread smh

Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 November 2023 18:33 (eleven months ago) link

Underrated/under-remembered. Bridges got an Oscar nomination!

A combination road movie and first contact movie as somebody on this borad said.

Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 November 2023 23:16 (eleven months ago) link

The love story angle is pretty well done too, as the alien becomes somewhat human but not fully so.

Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 November 2023 23:17 (eleven months ago) link


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