The Director S Chair John Carpenter

Rodriguez and john carpenter discuss many of carpenter s films including assault on precinct 13 halloween the fog escape from new york the thing big trouble in little china and they live.

The director s chair john carpenter. The director s chair is a new hour long series featuring the industry s most notable directors as they engage in a revealing and unexpected exchange about the world of filmmaking. With robert rodriguez john carpenter. Past guests have included john carpenter francis ford coppola michael mann george miller jon favreau frank darabont guillermo del toro robert. John carpenter director t he director s chair is a compilation of interviews from a variety of sources with many of our leading directors of both the past and present.

In these interviews lie golden nuggets of information from which everyone working in the motion picture and television industry can learn. Robert rodriguez talks to john carpenter about his career as a director and music composer. John carpenter the ward. Director robert rodriguez interviews the legendary director john carpenter assault on precinct 13 halloween the thing escape from new york on his influences and how he became a filmmaker.

Most films of carpenter s career were initially commercial and critical failures with the notable exceptions of halloween. Publications post magazine 2011 may 1 2011 director s chair. Director robert rodriguez interviews some of the top movie directors. The first of ten primetime installments will premiere saturday may 10 2014 on el rey network filmmaker robert rodriguez s new genre busting english language cable network.

Although carpenter has worked with various film genres he is associated most commonly with horror action and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s. Like a virtual filmschool the director s chair provides the incredibly rare opportunity to listen in as two great directors who are fans of each other s work discuss the craft in great depth. Directed by robert rodriguez. With robert rodriguez quentin tarantino john carpenter guillermo del toro.

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